Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysotoxum festivum (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 festivum (a hoverfly) :
1: Chrysotoxum festivum (a hoverfly)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, in flight
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Chrysotoxum festivum (a hoverfly)
2 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Bracken
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 3: Male - ventral view

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

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