Royal Splinter Cranefly (Gnophomyia elsneri)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - true fly (Diptera) > Fly |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Gnophomyia elsneri |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Starý, 1983 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | First discovered in 1973, there is a single record from 1986, two records from 1999 and another from 2014/2015 from Windsor Forest in Berkshire. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | The fly is only known from one English site that is already managed for Saproxylic insects; the species is associated with wet wood mould in decaying beech (Fagus sylvatica) |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | As per previous, the management policy is in place for saproxylic insects which would be of benefit to the species if the population still exists. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.