thumbnail, Female '' Chrysotoxum bicinctum''
The genus ''Chrysotoxum'' (Meigen, 1803) consists of large, wasp-mimicking species. The adults are distinguished by very long antennae, oval abdomen with yellow stripes, and yellow patterns on the thoracic pleurae (sides of the
thorax
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).
The species of ''Chrysotoxum'' are chiefly
Holarctic
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in distribution.
. The species in this genus, , are mostly very uniform in structure and colour and are separated with difficulty.
[ ]
Larvae are specialized in preying upon root aphids associated with ant nests
[ ].
Species
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C. amurense''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. arcuatum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
C. asiaticum''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1921
*''
C. bactrianum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. bajkalicum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. bicinctum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
C. caucasicum''
Sack, 1930
*''
C. cautum''
(Harris
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* Harris, Saskatchewan
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Scotland
* Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle o ...
, 1776)
*''
C. chakassicum''
Violovitsh, 1975
*''
C. chinook''
Shannon, 1926
*''
C. cisalpinum''
Rondani, 1845
*''
C. coreanum''
Shiraki, 1930
*''
C. derivatum''
Walker
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*Walker (surname)
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*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
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* ...
, 1849
*''
C. elegans
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''
Loew, 1841
*''
C. fasciatum''
(Müller Müller may refer to:
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* Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
, 1764)
*''
C. fasciolatum''
(De Geer
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History
The name derives from the town of Geer near Liège (in present ...
, 1776)
*''
C. festivum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
*''
C. flaveolum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. flavifrons''
Macquart, 1842
*''
C. fratellum''
Shannon, 1926
*''
C. gracile''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1921
*''
C. graciosum''
Violovitsh, 1975
*''
C. grande''
Matsumura, 1911
*''
C. hameleon''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. impressum''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1921
*''
C. intermedium''
Meigen, 1822
*''
C. kozhevnikovi''
Smirnov, 1925
*''
C. kozlovi''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. lanulosum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. laterale''
Loew, 1864
*''
C. latifasciatum''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1921
*''
C. lessonae''
Giglio-Tos, 1890
*''
C. lineare''
(Zetterstedt
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Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the Lund University, University of Lund, where ...
, 1819)
*''
C. lydiae''
Violovitsh, 1964
*''
C. montivagum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. octomaculatum''
Curtis
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, 1837
*''
C. parmense''
Rondani, 1845
*''
C. parvulum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. perplexum''
Johnson
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, 1924
*''
C. przewalskyi''
Portschinsky, 1887
*''
C. pubescens''
Loew, 1864
*''
C. radha''
Violovitsh, 1971
*''
C. radiosum''
Shannon, 1926
*''
C. rhodopense''
Drensky, 1934
*''
C. robustum''
Portschinsky, 1887
*''
C. rossicum''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...
, 1921
*''
C. rubzovi''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. sackeni''
Giglio-Tos, 1890
*''
C. sapporense''
Matsumura, 1916
*''
C. sibiricum''
Loew, 1856
*''
C. skufjini''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. stackelbergi''
Violovitsh, 1953
*''
C. stenolomum''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. subbicinctum''
Violovitsh, 1956
*''
C. testaceum''
Sack, 1913
*''
C. triarcuatum''
Macquart in Webb & Berthelot, 1839
*''
C. verae''
Violovitsh, 1973
*''
C. vernale''
Loew, 1841
*''
C. verralli''
Collin, 1940
*''
C. villosulum''
Bigot
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, 1883
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C. willistoni''
Curran, 1924
*''
C. ypsilon''
Williston, 1887
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1767522
Hoverfly genera
Syrphinae
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
