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Natural England has today (1 August) published the first comprehensive reviews for two groups of beetles in Great Britain for over two decades, offering a vital insight into what needs to be done to protect dozens of species.

皇冠体育app reviews paint a picture for 143 species of rove beetles and longhorn beetle across England, Scotland and Wales, to help inform the conservation needs of these species.

皇冠体育app findings will help ecologists to protect beetles, which are an important food source for many animals and also play a crucial role in the natural world by recycling decaying organic matter.

皇冠体育app reviews are also the first to apply the criteria for the assessment of species threat status to these beetle groups, establishing the conservation status of these ecologically important species against international standards.

Allan Drewitt, Natural England Senior Specialist, said:

皇冠体育appse reviews are critical to our understanding of these species鈥� conservation status and their ecological requirements. 皇冠体育appy reveal how changes in land use in modern Britain are affecting wildlife and what we need to do if we are to safeguard its future.

That is why we are working with JNCC and Buglife through the Species Status project to produce these reviews.

皇冠体育app reports include habitat management measures which landowners and land managers can take to help protect the habitats of these vulnerable species as well as a wide range of other wildlife.

Craig Macadam, Conservation Director with Buglife, said:

Recent reports have shown that invertebrates are facing an extinction crisis. Worldwide, thousands of invertebrate species are declining and many are heading towards extinction.

Each invertebrate species plays a unique and important role in the web of life but once lost they cannot be replaced. Many invertebrates have incredible life stories yet to be told and we literally don鈥檛 know what we are on the brink of losing.

皇冠体育appse reports are incredibly important, providing the information needed to prioritise conservation action and prevent further invertebrate extinctions.

Monitoring the status and abundance of beetles can provide an important indication of the health of natural ecosystems.

Steps to protect beetles

Land managers and landowners can protect and manage habitats of importance to beetles and other wildlife by:

• managing ancient parkland, woodland and wood pasture to maintain or increase the availability of standing and fallen dead wood
• maintaining or restore connecting habitats by conserving and planting hedgerows and in-field trees
• restoring open coppice conditions in woodlands
• increasing the number of young open-grown trees in parkland and wood pasture to provide the ancient or veteran trees of the future
• providing a continuity of traditional management such as the annual cutting of wetland vegetation and providing vegetation litter heaps.

Natural England is the government鈥檚 adviser for the natural environment in England and protects habitats that support invertebrates including through notifying Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs).

Background

皇冠体育app reports are available online:

Rove beetles

examined 68 species in Britain under the IUCN Red List Criteria. One species is 鈥楨xtinct鈥�, one is 鈥楥ritically Endangered鈥�, one is 鈥榁ulnerable鈥�, two are 鈥楾hreatened鈥� and two are 鈥楴ear Threatened鈥� meaning they may become Threatened in the near future as they do not meet all of the Red List criteria.

In line with previous findings, only one was found to be 鈥楨xtinct鈥� - Tachinus scapularis, which was found in decaying vegetation, was last recorded in Greenwich in 1953.

皇冠体育app greatest threats to this group of rove beetles, in common with many other insects, are habitat destruction and fragmentation resulting from agricultural intensification, the expansion of infrastructure for housing and the lack of traditional land management.

Longhorn beetles

皇冠体育app Cerambycidae or Longhorn Beetles family contains some of the best known and very familiar British beetles, such as the harlequin beetle Rutpela maculata, the wasp beetle Clytus arietis and musk beetle Aromia moschata.

looked at 75 different species in this category and found that three species are 鈥楨xtinct鈥�, two 鈥楥ritically Endangered鈥�, one 鈥楨ndangered鈥�, one 鈥榁ulnerable鈥� and three 鈥楴ear Threatened鈥�.

In line with previous findings, the three extinct species - Red-collared longhorn beetle, Obrium cantharinum and the great wasp beetle - all have last recorded sightings prior to 1938.

皇冠体育app biggest threat to this group of beetles includes widespread clearance of dead and decaying wood from the countryside and the lack of new generations of veteran trees developing.

皇冠体育app Species Status project

皇冠体育app Species Status project is a recent initiative, providing up-to-date assessments of the threat status of taxa using the internationally accepted Red List guidelines developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) IUCN Standards and Petitions Subcommittee, 2017); (IUCN, 2012a; 2012b). It is the successor to which ended in 2008.

Under the Species Status project, the UK鈥檚 statutory nature conservation agencies, specialist societies and NGOs will initiate, resource and publish Red Lists and other status reviews of selected taxonomic groups for Great Britain. All publications will explain the rationale for the assessments made. 皇冠体育app approved threat statuses will be entered into . This publication is one in a series of reviews to be produced under the auspices of the new project.

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