Callomyia elegans
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - true fly (Diptera) > Spear-winged or Flat-footed fly |
| Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (Not Relevant) [CR(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Callomyia elegans |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Meigen, 1804 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Chandler, 2017 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | No English records since 1906 despite an increase in recording for the Family in recent years. Associated habitat is deciduous woods, possibly with a requirement for deadwood and associated fungi (as with other species from this Genus). Beyond this the biology is unknown within this common habitat type. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | The habitat is common, recording more prevalent and no records for 118 years, which may indicate that the species is regionally extinct. |
| 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: | No |
| Justification: | This species would not benefit from untargeted management |
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.