- Scientific name
- Sphaeromias pictus (Meigen, 1818)
- Synonyms or name indicated in the previous Red List
- Ceratopogon candidatus Loew, 1856, non Winnertz, 1852; Ceratopogon elegans Winnertz, 1852; Ceratopogon pictus Meigen, 1818; Ceratopogon punctatus Meigen, 1830, non Meigen, 1804; Sphaeromias candidatus (Loew, 1856); Sphaeromias sparus Borkent; Xylocrypta copiosus Kieffer, 1925; Xylocrypta miricornis Kieffer, 1919
- Group of organisms
- Diptera: Ceratopogonidae
- Red List Category
- Near threatened
- Responsibility of Germany
- General responsibility
- Current population status
- moderately common
- Long-term population trend
- moderate decline
- Short-term population trend
- decrease of unknown extent
- Previous Red List Category
- Endangered
- Change of category compared to previous Red List
- Current improvement of Red List Category
- Comment on taxonomy
- Die 1998 in Kategorie 2 eingestufte Art Sphaeromias candidatus ist synonym zu der 1998 ebenfalls in Kategorie 2 geführten Art S. pictus.
- Status
- Indigenes or Archaeobiota
- Source
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Havelka, P. (2016): Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Gnitzen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Deutschlands. – In: Gruttke, H.; Balzer, S.; Binot-Hafke, M.; Haupt, H.; Hofbauer, N.; Ludwig, G.; Matzke-Hajek, G. & Ries, M. (Red.): Rote Liste gefährdeter Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze Deutschlands, Band 4: Wirbellose Tiere (Teil 2). – Münster (Landwirtschaftsverlag). – Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70 (4): 33-66.
