Chrysotoxum baphyrum is a species of holarctic hoverfly.[1] The adults are strong mimics of wasps.[2] Larvae of this genera, when known, are aphid predators.[3]
^Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
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^Shannon, Raymond C (1927). "The Chrysotoxine Syrphid-Flies". Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 69: 1–20.
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