Pollinating Flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production

By A. Ssymank, C. A. Kearns, T. Pape, C. Thompson. 2008

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Flies and Flowers II: Floral Attractants and Rewards (2014, background): “However, Diptera can be highly important pollinators in some systems (e.g. Ssymank et al. 2008; Barraclough & Slotow 2010), and may also be important in the reproduction of certain threatened and endangered plants (e.g., Wiesenborn 2003; Murugan et al. 2006; Humeau et al. 2011).”
FLIES AND FLOWERS III: ECOLOGY OF FORAGING AND POLLINATION (2015, methodology): “Diptera have been used for pollination in breeding experiments and for crops since at least the 1930s (Free 1970), and their effectiveness as pollinators of crops has been recognized in a growing number of studies (Ssymank et al. 2008; Ssymank et al. 2009).”
Insect pollinators collect pollen from wind‐pollinated plants: implications for pollination ecology and sustainable agriculture (2018, background): “This review shows that bee and syrphid fly species, two of the most important taxonomic groups of pollinators in a wide variety of global environments (Ssymank et al., 2008; Garibaldi et al., 2013; Rader et al., 2016), collect pollen from a broad range of wind-pollinated plant”
Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis (2020, background): “Yet, knowledge on the efficiency of most fly species has been largely ignored (Orford et al., 2015; Ssymank et al., 2008).”