Diptera at Hylands Park
Some Hoverflies Recorded From Hylands 2001 - 2003
Essex statuses and their definitions are given in the provisional Essex Red Data list at
www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/ERDlist/ERDB.htm
Brachyopa insensilis
Brachyopa scutellaris
Brachypalpoides lentus
Callicera aurata
Callicera spinolae
Chalcosyrphus nemorum
Criorhina asilica
Criorhina berberina
Criorhina floccosa
Criorhina ranunculi
Didea fasciata
Epistrophe diaphana
Meligramma triangulifera
Myolepta dubia
Psilota anthracina
Scaeva selenitica
Volucella inanis
Xylota xanthocnema
National Status Essex Rarity Status Essex Threat Status
N Scarce Threatened
RDB 3
RDB 1
Rare
Rare
Threatened
Endangered
Threatened
Rare
N Rare Endangered
N Rare Threatened
N Rare Threatened
N Scarce
N Scarce
DB 2 Rare Vulnerable
N
N
Scarce
Scarce
Regionally Important
Also of note, at no other site in Essex have all four British members of the genus Criorhina - both
southern species of Callicera and Psilota anthracina - been found.
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