Chrysotoxum cautum (Harris, [1776])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysotoxum cautum (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 cautum (a hoverfly) :
1: Chrysotoxum cautum (a hoverfly)
2 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Male - ventral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view (2)

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

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