Chrysotoxum fasciatum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Chrysotoxum |
Species: | C. fasciatum |
Binomial name | |
Chrysotoxum fasciatum (Müller, 1764) | |
Synonyms | |
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Chrysotoxum fasciatum is a species of Holarctic hoverfly. [1]
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Wing length 8-10·25 mm. Orange stigma. No dark wing spot. Apical antennomere longer than antennomeres 1 and 2 together. Abdomen arched, shortly ovate and thick in side view. Scutellum yellow with a darker centre.
Keys and accounts
Ireland through Europe [6] then East across the Palearctic to Siberia, Kamchatka and Japan. [7] Nearctic Manitoba westwards [1]
Habitat is wetlands and deciduous and conifer woodlands including fen carr, raised bogs, along stream edges. Also found in unimproved grassland and heath and Betula and Salix scrub. [8] Flowers visited include yellow composites, white umbellifers, Calluna, Frangula alnus, Hypochoeris, Leontodon, Leucojum aestivum, Ligustrum, Luzula sylvatica, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix repens, Sorbus aucuparia. [9] The flight period is May to September, with peaks in June and August.
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