Urbane Root Fly

Hylemya urbica

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Urbane Root Fly
Scientific Name: 
Hylemya urbica
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Fly (Anthomyid Fly)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Diptera
Family: 
Anthomyiidae
Distribution

Distribution

The minimum area polygon for this species is approximately 90,000 km sq. in the Northwest Territories based on locality records. Range F was selected.
Score: 
F

Number of Occurrences

This species is known from 4 locality records in the Northwest Territories: Aklavik, Norman Wells, Wrigley, and Fort Liard (all localities inferred from distribution map (fig. 2408) in Griffiths (2001)). In addition, although there is little and imprecise information on this species’ biology, this species has been collected in multiple different habitats: cities, forests, spruce bogs, marshes, grasslands, mountain meadows, low arctic tundra, and floodplain communities in the prairie zone (Griffiths 2001). This species is therefore likely to be found more prevalently throughout the territory. As such, a wide range was selected: 6- >300.
Score: 
BE
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
A gap in the data is making this species appear vulnerable, when there is no indication that this is the case. Gaps in the taxonomic record do not represent real gaps and likely reflect a lack of collection effort. This species is likely more widespread in the territory (see occurrences) and there is likely to be input from neighboring regions as it is found in YT, BC, AB (Griffiths 2001). Therefore this species is unlikely to be vulnerable. Despite limited records (4), this species could be more prevalent and widespread in the Northwest Territories than records would suggest (see occurrences). Nonetheless, given gaps in the data and information known about the species, a conservative assessment would put this species at secure to apparently secure in the Northwest Territories, since although there is no indication that this species is under any threat, it is possible.
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Draft rank by Anna Solecki (Acontract ECCC 2019), reviewed by SC (2019)
Last Updated: 
January 22, 2020

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