Saldula setulosa
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > insect - true bug (Hemiptera) > Water bug |
| Red List Status: | Critically Endangered/Possibly Extinct (Not Relevant) [CR(PE)(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: | Saldula setulosa |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | (Puton, 1880) |
| 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: | A very rare species in Britain known only from Poole Harbour in Dorset, where it was last found in 1964. Natural England carried out an intensive survey of the Poole Harbour area in 2018-19 specifically targeting S. setulosa and no specimens were found which could be unambiguously determined as this species, which is very similar to S. pilosella. Previous searches in 1995 and 2008 were also unsuccessful. On this basis no recovery actions are recommended for this species, which is probably extinct in Britain. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | A very rare species in Britain known only from Poole Harbour in Dorset, where it was last found in 1964. Natural England carried out an intensive survey of the Poole Harbour area in 2018-19 specifically targeting S. setulosa and no specimens were found which could be unambiguously determined as this species, which is very similar to S. pilosella. Previous searches in 1995 and 2008 were also unsuccessful. On this basis no recovery actions are recommended for this species, which is probably extinct in Britain. |
| 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.