''Chrysotoxum fasciatum'' is a

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Holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...

hoverfly Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while ...

Identification

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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 *Coe R.L. (1953) Syrphidae *Van Veen, M. (2004) ''Hoverflies of Northwest Europe'' *Van der Goot,V.S. (1981) ''De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux'' *Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to USSR insects. Diptera

Distribution

Ireland through Europe then East across the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

to Siberia, Kamchatka and Japan.

Nearctic The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

Manitoba westwards

Biology

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. 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''.de Buck, N. (1990) Bloembezoek en bestuivingsecologie van Zweefvliegen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in het bijzonder voor België. ''Doc.Trav.'' IRSNB, no.60, 1-167. The flight period is May to September, with peaks in June and August.

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Insects described in 1764 Diptera of North America Diptera of Europe Syrphinae Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller {{Syrphidae-stub