Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly)
GenusChrysotoxum (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly) :
1: Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 7: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly)
10 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 4: Female - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Morris, R.K.A. & Ball, S.G. 2002 An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 38-45.

Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysotoxum bicinctum (a hoverfly)
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