Elaphrus lapponicus
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: | Elaphrus lapponicus |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Gyllenhal, 1810 |
| 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: | Yes |
| Justification: | A northern species; in England known only from one hectad on the basis of several pre-1980 records from the Skiddaw area, Cumberland. It is widespread in Scotland and although known from only 7 hectads post-1980, is likely to be a very under-recorded species. It is probably not declining at a UK level. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Only recorded from one hectad and not since the 1950s. Probably threatened by climate change and possibly extinct in England |
| 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: | No |
| Justification: | This species would not benefit from untargeted management |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 4. Autecology and pressures understood |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Medium-high |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Opportunistic - insufficient |
| Species Comments: | Occurs in Sphagnum mires at moderate altitudes in remote and poorly recorded areas. |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Survey suitable habitat in the Skiddaw area for the species, in particular the site of previous records
Action targets: 3. National Monitoring Plan agreed and implemented
Action type: Status survey/review
Duration: 2 years
Scale of Implementation: 1 site
High priority sites: Skiddaw area (NY3030)
Comments:
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.