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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

subgenus Xylotomima

Syrphid - Chalcosyrphus piger - female a dipteran maybe - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus - female Chalcosyrphus--- - Chalcosyrphus vecors - female Chalcosyrphus? on a slackline  - Chalcosyrphus curvarius Red-abdomen fly - Chalcosyrphus piger - male syrphid fly - Chalcosyrphus chalybeus Chalcosyrphus nemorum? - Chalcosyrphus nemorum Fly - Chalcosyrphus metallicus
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
Explanation of Names
Xylotomima Shannon 1926
Numbers
19 spp. in our area(1)
Range
throughout NA(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Key to the genera of nearctic Syrphidae
Miranda G.F.G, Young A.D., Locke M.M., Marshall S.A., Skevington J.H., Thompson F.C. 2013. Can. J. Arthropod Identification 23: 1‒351.