Chrysotoxum elegans is a species of hoverfly. It is found in southern mainland Europe. The larvae are thought to feed on root aphids.

Chrysotoxum elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Chrysotoxum
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Chrysotoxum elegans
Loew, 1841[1]
Synonyms
  • Chrysotoxum intermedium Walker, 1851
  • Chrysotoxum latilimbatum Collin, 1940

References

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  1. ^ Beitrag zur anatomischen Kenntniss der inneren Geschlechtstheile der zweifliigligen Insecten. H Loew Germar's Zeits. Ent., bd 3, 386-406, 1841.