Chrysotoxum elegans

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

Chrysotoxum elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Syrphinae
Tribe:
Syrphini
Genus:
Chrysotoxum
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chrysotoxum elegans
Loew, 1841[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysotoxum intermedium Walker, 1851
  • Chrysotoxum latilimbatum Collin, 1940

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