Bembidion nigricorne
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - beetle (Coleoptera) > Ground beetle |
| Red List Status: | Near Threatened (Not Relevant) [NT(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Bembidion nigricorne |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Gyllenhal, 1827 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Telfer, 2016 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Largely confined to England, with very few sites known from Scotland. A habitat specialist found on heathland which has a widespread distribution but is very local and scarce, with a stronghold in the North York Moors area. The data indicate a strong recent decline for this species, but this may be an artefact of uneven recording effort. It is known from fewer than 15 hectads during the modern period, but is designated Nationally Scarce in the expectation that it is likely to occur more widely. At the current time it is not a priority for recovery actions. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Largely confined to England, with very few sites known from Scotland. A habitat specialist found on heathland which has a widespread distribution but is very local and scarce, with a stronghold in the North York Moors area. The data indicate a strong recent decline for this species, but this may be an artefact of uneven recording effort. It is known from fewer than 15 hectads during the modern period, but is designated Nationally Scarce in the expectation that it is likely to occur more widely. At the current time it is not a priority for recovery actions. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | N/A |
| Justification: |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
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Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.