Chalcosyrphus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Chalcosyrphus
Chalcosyrphus violascens female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Xylotina
Genus: Chalcosyrphus
Curran, 1925[1]
Type species
Chalcosyrphus atra
Curran, 1925[1]
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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.[9][10]

Subgenus: Chalcosyrphus

Subgenus: Cheiroxylota

Subgenus: Dimorphoxylota

Subgenus: Hardimyia [18]

Subgenus: Neplas

Subgenus: Neploneura [18]

Subgenus: Spheginoides

Subgenus: Syrittoxylota

Subgenus: Xylotina

Subgenus: Xylotodes

Subgenus: Xylotomima

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