Sallow Guest Weevil (Melanapion minimum)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - beetle (Coleoptera) > Weevil |
| Red List Status: | (Not Relevant) [(not listed)(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Melanapion minimum |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Herbst, 1797) |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | (not listed) |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Widespread but local, does not seem to be a specialist or in decline. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Six records from three sites since 2014, from Herefordshire (2014), East Sussex (2018) & Hampshire (2019). The distribution mirrors that prior to 2014 and previously it was only recorded from four hectads. Habitat requirements have been outlined and association to rotholes and specific tree families. Drake (2018) suggests that there is a risk of this species being under-recorded and previous doubts on taxonomic status may have affected the accuracy of past assessments. |
| 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: | Creating areas where willows thrive should help this species if it can colonise new areas. |
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.