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Rural Blacklet

Cheilosia pagana (Meigen, 1822)

Status not recordedinsects

The rural blacklet (Cheilosia pagana) is a species in the family Syrphidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the rural blacklet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rural blacklet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rural blacklet as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the rural blacklet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rural blacklet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familySyrphidae
  6. genusCheilosia
  7. SpeciesCheilosia pagana (Meigen, 1822)

Synonyms Cartosyrphus kincaidi, Cheilosia atra, Cheilosia floccosa, Cheilosia means, Cheilosia pulchripes, Cheilosia subalpina, Chilosia floccosa, Chilosia kincaidia, Chilosia platycera, Chilosia pulchripes, Chilosia pulchripes var. floccosa, Chilosia pulchripes var. nigropilosa, Eristalis maculicornis, Eristalis magnicornis, Syrphus paganus, Syrphus subalpina

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Parsley BlackletEnglish
  • Kørvel-urtesvirreflueDanish
  • Kleine ErzschwebfliegeGerman
  • punasarvikeilanenFinnish
  • turbolya bronzlégyHungarian
  • hundekjeksflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • KervelgitjeDutch
  • hundekjeksflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Wyrówka baldaszkówkaPolish
  • hundkäxblomflugaSwedish
  • hundkexblomflugaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rural blacklet

Other species in the same genus Cheilosia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the rural blacklet an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rural blacklet as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rural blacklet?

The rural blacklet (Cheilosia pagana) belongs to the family Syrphidae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rural Blacklet (Cheilosia pagana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rural-blacklet

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BibTeX
@misc{rural_blacklet_2026,
  title = {Rural Blacklet (Cheilosia pagana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rural-blacklet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}