Harpalus servus
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: | Harpalus servus |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Duftschmid, 1812) |
| 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: | H. servus is almost entirely confined to southern and eastern England with just a single historic record from Wales. The data do not suggest any indication of a decline and it is now known from 15 hectads since 1980 (10 hectads in the 2016 status review) The species has a predominantly coastal distribution and the only recent inland records are from the East Anglian Breckland. H. servus is strongly associated with early-successional habitats on dry sandy soils. At a landscape scale, it is a species that would benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase early successional habitat mosaics. 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: | H. servus is almost entirely confined to southern and eastern England with just a single historic record from Wales. The data do not suggest any indication of a decline and it is now known from 15 hectads since 1980 (10 hectads in the 2016 status review) The species has a predominantly coastal distribution and the only recent inland records are from the East Anglian Breckland. H. servus is strongly associated with early-successional habitats on dry sandy soils. At a landscape scale, it is a species that would benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase early successional habitat mosaics. 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: | Yes |
| Justification: | Author states this species would benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase early successional habitat mosaics. |
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.