About Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysotoxum festivum (Linnaeus, 1758) has an 8.25 to 12 mm wing length. Key identification features include a small, square, dark spot on the wing, two grey longitudinal stripes on the thorax, and normally a yellow spot on the katepisternum. Its apical antennomere is shorter than the combined length of antennomeres 1 and 2. Published keys and taxonomic accounts for this species are found in: Coe R.L. (1953) Syrphidae; Van Veen, M. (2004) Hoverflies of Northwest Europe; Van der Goot, V.S. (1981) De zweefvliegen van Noordwest - Europa en Europees Rusland, in het bijzonder van de Benelux; Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to USSR insects. Diptera. This species occurs across the Palaearctic. Its distribution ranges from Fennoscandia south to Iberia and the Mediterranean basin, from Ireland eastward through Europe to Greece, Turkey and European Russia, then through Siberia to the Pacific coast. It is also found in Japan and North India.
