Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803
(a genus of hoverflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Chrysotoxum bicinctum
a hoverfly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images 1 ident. refs
Chrysotoxum cautum
a hoverfly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 4 images
Chrysotoxum festivum
a hoverfly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Chrysotoxum (unidentified)
Unidentified Chrysotoxum Hoverflies
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Chrysotoxum (a genus of hoverflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysotoxum (a genus of hoverflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysotoxum (a genus of hoverflies)
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