gulbent vedblomfluga
Xylota xanthocnema
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
The gulbent vedblomfluga faces severe habitat degradation due to intensive forestry practices that remove the dead and decaying hardwood trees essential for its larval development. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the moisture regimes and temperature conditions required for the decomposition processes that create suitable breeding substrates. The species' highly specialized ecological requirements and limited dispersal ability make it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation in Scandinavian forests.
Habitat
This specialized hoverfly inhabits mature deciduous and mixed forests, particularly those with abundant dead and decaying hardwood trees where larvae develop in the moist, decomposing wood. The species requires specific microhabitat conditions found in old-growth forest environments with natural tree mortality cycles.
Other threatened species in Syrphidae
Threatened in Austria
Frequently asked questions
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