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 Melangyna pavlovskyi Violovitsh, 1956 Examined material. Styria : Graz , Pfanghofweg , Malaise trap 460 m , 47°06’54’’ N , 15°26’11’’ E , 22.2.– 25.3.2019 ( 1♂ ), leg. H. Heimburg , det. D. Doczkal ; Mühlbachgraben 500 m , 47°08’25’’ N , 15°16’36’’ E , 23.3.2019 ( 1♀ ), leg. H. Heimburg , det. D. Doczkal ; Carinthia : Dobeinitz , Keutschach, E Keutschacher See 508 m , 46°35’13’’ N , 14°10’48’’ E , 4.6.2021 ( 1♂ ), leg. & det. H. Heimburg. Notes. In Styria one individual of this early spring species was collected on blossoms of Salix spp. (see M . lucifera ), the other individual was caught in a Malaise trap set in a garden at the edge of a row of some older trees (thereunder P. sylvestris (L.), P. abies (L.), Populus spp.). A thermophilous pine-dominated mixed forest was situated nearby. So far, just a few other recent records of this species are known from Austria ( Carinthia ). About 10 years ago, M . pavlovskyi was reported new to the European syrphid fauna (Bygbjerg 2011). In the same year, Mielczarek (2011) published some records from Poland . Since then, this species has been reported from some other European countries (e.g., Belgium , Netherlands , Slovakia ). Previously, this species was only known form the Russia Far East ( van de Meutter et al . 2015 ). The records from Austria confirm the range shift of this species.