Biology:Chrysotoxum elegans

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Short description: Species of fly

Chrysotoxum elegans
Hoverfly December 2007-5.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Chrysotoxum
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chrysotoxum elegans
Loew, 1841[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysotoxum intermedium Walker, 1851
  • Chrysotoxum latilimbatum Collin, 1940

Chrysotoxum elegans is a species of hoverfly. It is found in southern mainland Europe. The larvae are thought to feed on root aphids.

References

  1. Beitrag zur anatomischen Kenntniss der inneren Geschlechtstheile der zweifliigligen Insecten. H Loew Germar's Zeits. Ent., bd 3, 386-406, 1841.

Wikidata ☰ Q2746685 entry