Dune Tiger Beetle (Cicindela maritima)
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: | Cicindela maritima |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Dejean in Latreille & Dejean, 1822 |
| 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: | Locally distributed in coastal dunes on the coasts of Wales, Devon and Cornwall, Kent and Norfolk. Near Threatened due to limited range and vulnerability of coastal habitats, but widespread in England with no particular evidence of decline so not a priority for action at this time. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Locally distributed in coastal dunes on the coasts of Wales, Devon and Cornwall, Kent and Norfolk. Near Threatened due to limited range and vulnerability of coastal habitats, but widespread in England with no particular evidence of decline so not a priority for action at this time. |
| 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
No Key Actions Defined
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.