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Species Chalcosyrphus chalybeus

Syrphid - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - male Chalcosyrphus? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus Chalcosyrphus chalybeus? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - male Chalcosyrphus nemorum? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus Chalcosyrphus chalybeus? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus Chalcosyrphus chalybeus? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - male Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - male C. chalybeus or nemorum? - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Aschiza")
Family Syrphidae (Hover Flies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Tribe Milesiini
Subtribe Xylotina
Genus Chalcosyrphus
No Taxon (subgenus Xylotomima)
Species chalybeus (Chalcosyrphus chalybeus)
Explanation of Names
Chalcosyrphus chalybeus (Wiedemann 1830)
chalybeus = 'steel-colored' (from Greek word referring to a steel-using people of Asia Minor, the Chalybes)
Identification
Small syrphid, steely blue, probably a mimic of various steely-blue wasps.