Chrysotoxum cisalpinum Rondani, 1845

Steenis, Jeroen van, van Zuijen, Menno P., Ricarte, Antonio, Marcos-García, M. Ángeles, Doczkal, Dieter, Ssymank, Axel & Mengual, Ximo, 2020, First records of Chrysotoxum volaticum Séguy, 1961 from Europe and Platycheirus marokkanus Kassebeer, 1998 from Spain (Diptera: Syrphidae) together with additional records of Spanish Chrysotoxum Meigen, 1803, Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (1), pp. 141-155 : 150

Chrysotoxum cisalpinum Rondani, 1845

Distribution. Widespread in the Mediterranean region. In Spain, recorded only from the provinces of Madrid and Salamanca ( Ricarte & Marcos-García, 2017; Ricarte et al. 2018).

Examined material. Spain: 1♂ ( JSA) , Albacete , Sierra de Alcaraz, Batán del Puerto, 38°34’ N 2°21’ W, 1200 m, 21-VI-2003, J. van Steenis ; 5♂, 4♀ ( JSA) , 4♀ ( MZW) , Sierra de Alcaraz , Puerto de las Crucetillas, 38°31’ N 2°26’ W, 1400 m, 21-VI-2003, J. van Steenis & M.P. van Zuijen ; 2♂, 1♀ ( JSA) , Sierra de Alcaraz , Puerto de las Crucetillas, 38°32’ N 2°24’ W, 1200 m, 21-VI-2003, J. van Steenis ; 2♂, 1♀ ( JSA) , 1♂ ( MZW) , Sierra de Al- caraz, Puerto de las Crucetillas, 38°32’ N 2°23’ W, 1000- 1200 m, 22-VI-2003, J. van Steenis & M.P. van Zuijen ; 1♂ ( DDG) , Riópar , Sierra de Alcaraz, 38°30’17”N, 2°27’36”W, 750 m, 14-VI-2003, D. Doczkal ; 4♀ ( ASW) , Espineras de León , Sierra de Alcaraz , close to Río de los Endrinales, 38°32’15”N, 2°24’18”W, 1380 m, 14-VI-2003, A. Ssymank .

Remarks. This species is easy to recognize based on the predominantly yellow frons ( Figs 1A, 5A). Most of the specimens were collected on flowers of Thapsia villosa . This is the first record for the province of Albacete.