Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Yellowest Doli-fly (Campsicnemus flavissimus), recorded as Endangered
Yellowest Doli-fly (Campsicnemus flavissimus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Yellowest Doli-fly

Campsicnemus flavissimus

Yellowest Doli-fly is a fly in the family Dolichopodidae (order Diptera) — Campsicnemus flavissimus, recorded as Endangered and tied to Saint Helena.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Campsicnemus flavissimus
Recorded from
Saint Helena
Taxonomy
Insecta · Diptera · Dolichopodidae · Campsicnemus

The fly

True flies have one pair of wings. The group includes hoverflies, mosquitoes, and midges; habits follow the family, not the order name.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

Yellowest Doli-fly is recorded from Saint Helena.

The type locality — the place tied to the name-bearing specimen — is ST. HELENA: Centre, High Central Ridge, 2300-2600 ft, Feb.1967 / Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Seconda Mission Zoologique à Sainte-Hélène, J. Decelle, N. et J. Leleup. Etymology: From the Latin “the yellowest”. Refers to the new species body colorat.

GBIF currently lists 2 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Yellowest Doli-fly is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from Wikidata item Q21258529 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Yellowest Doli-fly?
Yellowest Doli-fly is a fly in the family Dolichopodidae (order Diptera) — Campsicnemus flavissimus.
What is the conservation status of Yellowest Doli-fly?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Campsicnemus flavissimus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Yellowest Doli-fly live?
The public record places it in Saint Helena.
Why is Yellowest Doli-fly in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Campsicnemus flavissimus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Yellowest Doli-fly a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.