Anotylus clypeonitens
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - beetle (Coleoptera) > Rove beetle (macrostaph) |
| 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: | Anotylus clypeonitens |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Pandellé, 1867) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Boyce, 2022 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Large apparent decline post-1979 and now limited to just nine locations in ten hectads. 29% apparent decline in AoO since 1980. Use of Avermectins in livestock is considered the most significant threat by making dung unsuitable for invertebrates. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | This species is associated with a wide range of patch habitats including compost heaps, dung, carrion, leaf litter and a wood mouse nest in a range of habitats and so is not dependent on a particular habitat or management regime. Records are fairly scattered in south and central England. Often in wooded habitats but also in open habitats and gardens. |
| 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 is associated with a wide range of patch habitats including compost heaps, dung, carrion, leaf litter and a wood mouse nest in a range of habitats and so is not dependent on a particular habitat or management regime. Records are fairly scattered in south and central England. Often in wooded habitats but also in open habitats and gardens. It would benefit from untargeted reductions in use of veterinary chemicals however. |
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: | One of a suite of patch habitat associated rove beetles that have experienced significant declines in recent decades. The species is not apparently dependent on any particular habitat, region or management as long as suitable patch resources are provided. The most significant factor in these declines is likely to be the widespread use of veterinary chemicals such as Avermectins to treat livestock, making dung toxic to dependent invertebrates. |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Work with landowners/managers to prevent use of veterinary chemicals that pass out in animal dung on known sites and surroundings.
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Pressure mitigation
Duration: 1 year
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 20 sites
High priority sites: Arnos Vale, North Somerset (vc6); Haywards Heath and Lewes, both East Sussex (vc14); Raydon Great Wood, East Suffolk (vc25); Ditchingham, East Norfolk (vc27); Stanford PTA, West Norfolk (vc28); Lady Park Wood, West Gloucestershire (vc34); Broadway, Worcestershire (vc37); Cottingham, Leicestershire (vc55).
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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.