Tachinus rufipennis
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - beetle (Coleoptera) > Rove beetle (tachyporine) |
| 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: | Tachinus rufipennis |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Gyllenhal, 1810 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Lane, 2019 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Rare and much declined. Post-1989 records from England have been made from Cumberland, County Durham, South Northumberland, North-west Yorkshire, Leicestershire and Berkshire. The species is predatory but strongly associated with carrion. Distribution is mainly northern and western. It is typically associated with upland and montane moorland, heath, forest and fell. In lowland regions, it has been found in rough grassland and woodland. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | No obvious management actions to take. Declines may be partially climate driven, ack of carrion in the countryside may be an additional factor but is not readily addressable. |
| 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: | Suitable habitats are relatively widespread. Limitations seem likely to be climatic. |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
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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.