Olophrum assimile
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - beetle (Coleoptera) > Rove beetle (macrostaph) |
| Red List Status: | Vulnerable (Not Relevant) [VU(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: | Olophrum assimile |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Paykull, 1800) |
| 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: | This species is a montane habitat specialist and has apparently declined significantly in AoO since 1980. Likely to be under-recorded but climate change presents an obvious plausible threat. Overgrazing by sheep and deer may also be a threat but the autecology of this species is not well understood enough to be sure. There are only four post-1979 sites in England - Mickle Fell, North West Yorkshire (vc65); Moor House, Westmorland (vc69); Crookburn, Cumberland (vc70); Kielder Forest, South Northumberland (vc67). |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Species conservation depends on maintaining montane herb-rich habitats, a high-value habitat in itself. Appropriate management will benefit the entire suite of montane species associated with this habitat. |
| 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: | Sympathetic management of montane herb-rich habitats through protection from overgrazing is likely to benefit populations of this species. |
Species Assessment
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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.