Chalcosyrphus

Chalcosyrphus
Chalcosyrphus violascens female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Xylotini
Genus: Chalcosyrphus
Curran, 1925
Subgenera
  • Chalcosyrphus Curran, 1925
  • Cheiroxylota Hull, 1949
  • Dimorphoxylota Hippa, 1978
  • Hardimyia Ferguson, 1926
  • Neplas Porter, 1927
  • Neploneura Hippa, 1978
  • Spheginoides Szilady, 1939
  • Syrittoxylota Hippa, 1978
  • Xylotina Hippa, 1978
  • Xylotodes Shannon, 1926
  • Xylotomima Shannon, 1926

Chalcosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae. Many species exhibit some degree of mimicry of various sawflies and other hymenopterans and are often brightly coloured or metallic in hue. The adults are similar in structure and behavior to the related genus Xylota but differ in larval morphology. They can be found throughout Europe, Asia, and North America and seem to prefer damper, boggy habitats. The larvae are saproxylic feeders in rotten wood in these habitats.[1]

Species

Subgenus: Chalcosyrphus

Subgenus: Cheiroxylota

Subgenus: Dimorphoxylota

Subgenus: Hardimyia [2]

Subgenus: Neplas

Subgenus: Neploneura [2]

Subgenus: Spheginoides

Subgenus: Syrittoxylota

Subgenus: Xylotina

Subgenus: Xylotodes

Subgenus: Xylotomima

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References

  1. Van Veen, M.P. (2004). Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, Identification Keys to the Syrphidae (Hardback). Utrecht: KNNV Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 90-5011-199-8.
  2. 1 2 Thompson, F. C.; John Richard Vockeroth. "Family Syrphidae". Neal L. Evenhuis (editor), Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

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