Microvelia buenoi
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - true bug (Hemiptera) > Water bug |
| 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: | Microvelia (Microvelia) buenoi |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Drake, 1920 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Cook, 2015 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Confined to England, this species has a stronghold in the Norfolk Broads and at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, with several outlying sites on the north Norfolk coast including Titchwell. Recent records are known from only 9 hectads, but there is no evidence of recent population decline and all known sites are designated and managed for nature conservation. On this basis the species is not considered a priority for recovery actions at the current time. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Confined to England, this species has a stronghold in the Norfolk Broads and at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, with several outlying sites on the north Norfolk coast including Titchwell. Recent records are known from only 9 hectads, but there is no evidence of recent population decline and all known sites are designated and managed for nature conservation. On this basis the species is not considered a priority for recovery actions at the current time. |
| 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: | N/A |
| Justification: |
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.