Common Red-legged Robberfly

Dioctria rufipes

(De Geer, 1776)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

scrub edge 123 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

91 since 2000 132 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

43 since 2000 65 all time

Earliest occurrence

1897

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Buglife.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme. Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme - data verified via iRecord. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Dioctria rufipes (De Geer, 1776) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000010178 (Accessed 08 November 2025).