AbstractWe characterised the hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) community on ground cover vegetation in the market garden of Meskine (Far‐North region of Cameroon). Hoverflies were collected by hand‐netting from flowers of ground cover vegetation in 20 grass strips from March to June in two consecutive years (2017–2018). In total, 15 hoverfly species were collected of which eight were new to Cameroon (subfamily Eristalinae: Eristalinus megacephalus, Eristalinus tabanoides, Eristalinus aff. arvorum, Phytomia curta, Phytomia pallida, Phytomia incisa, Mesembrius caffer; subfamily Syrphinae: Asarkina sp.). The subfamily Eristalinae was most abundant (74% of the specimens collected), while species of the subfamily Syrphinae accounted for 26% of the occurrences. Four species were extremely abundant (M. caffer, E. tabanoides, E. aff. arvorum and Paragus borbonicus) accounting for 70% of all flower visit observations, while the other species were rarer. Plant species with yellow or white flowers seemed to be most attractive. Hoverfly activity was high in the morning and evening and decreased at noon, most likely due to the higher air temperature and lower humidity during this period. The characterisation of hoverfly communities and the management of wild flower strips surrounding cultivated fields could be an important practice to improve crop pollination by hoverflies.