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Chalcosyrphus
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.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Xylotomima
subgenusXylotomima
Xylotodes
subgenusXylotodes
Hardyimyia
subgenusHardyimyia
Neploneura
subgenusNeploneura
Neplas
subgenusNeplas
Cacoceria
subgenusCacoceria
Chalcosyrphus shirakii
speciesChalcosyrphus shirakii
Chalcosyrphus
subgenusChalcosyrphus
Spheginoides
subgenusSpheginoides
Xylotina
subgenusXylotina
Chalcosyrphus pretiosa
speciesChalcosyrphus pretiosa
Dimorphoxylota
subgenusDimorphoxylota
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 337466.