SOME CASES OF VISITING OF ANEMOPHILES BY SYRPHID FLIES IN MADAGASCAR

Abstract

Examination of pollen grains recovered from the digestive tract of certain Madagascan hover flies (Melanostoma spp.) revealed that at least one species consumes large quantities of pollen of nominally anemophilous taxa (Poaceae, Cyperaceae). The significance of this finding is discussed in the light of similar fly-anemophile relationships observed elsewhere in the world.