Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Cheilosia morio (Cheilosia morio), recorded as Endangered
Cheilosia morio (Cheilosia morio). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Cheilosia morio

Cheilosia morio

Cheilosia morio is a hoverfly in the family Syrphidae (order Diptera), recorded as Endangered and tied to Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Norway.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Cheilosia morio
Taxonomy
Insecta · Diptera · Syrphidae · Cheilosia

The hoverfly

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

Cheilosia morio is recorded from Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Finland.

GBIF currently lists 42,738 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

Cheilosia morio 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 the Dutch Wikipedia article on Cheilosia morio, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q10745980 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. 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 Cheilosia morio?
Cheilosia morio is a hoverfly in the family Syrphidae (order Diptera).
What is the conservation status of Cheilosia morio?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cheilosia morio. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Cheilosia morio live?
The Cheilosia morio or spruce fly is a fly from the hoverfly family (Syrphidae).
Why is Cheilosia morio in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cheilosia morio?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Cheilosia morio a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.