A checklist of the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Austria Author Heimburg, Helge Landesmuseum für Kärnten, Sammlungs- und Wissenschaftszentrum, Liberogasse 6, A- 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria. Author Doczkal, Dieter Klingelackerweg 10, 76571 Gaggenau, Germany. doczkal @ snsb. de Author Holzinger, Werner E. 0000-0002-0326-8518 Ökoteam-Institute for Animal Ecology & Landscape Planning, Bergmanngasse 22, A- 8010 Graz, Austria. holzinger @ oekoteam. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0326 - 8518 holzinger@oekoteam.at text Zootaxa 2022 2022-03-14 5115 2 151 209 journal article 20242 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.1 325a8a74-84b8-4050-9b9c-1dc01d16c206 1175-5326 6352373 D7DA36B2-1A0B-4D8B-9277-4EA2BFDE4C5C Temnostoma meridionale Krivosheina & Mamayev, 1962 Examined material. Styria : Deutschlandsberg , Klause 417 m , 46°49’53’’ N , 15°10’24’’ E , 24.5.2019 ( 2♂ ), leg. H. Heimburg & P. Richter , det. H. Heimburg ; Lower Austria : Gänserndorf , NP Donau-Auen , Stopfenreuther Au 400 m , 48°08’43’’ N , 16°53’28’’ E , 6.5.2017 ( 1♀ ), leg. H. Heimburg & P. Richter , det. H. Heimburg ; Carinthia : Magdalensberg, Lassendorf 450 m , 46°40’23’’ N , 14°25’05’’ E , 2.6.2021 ( 1♂ ), leg. C. Wieser , det. H. Heimburg. Notes. Two males were collected in a humid Picea spp. forest while sunbathing on a Picea abies tree. They seemed to be defending their territory as they showed some territorial behaviour. Another specimen was collected in an alluvial forest sitting on an old deciduous tree.