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Species Account for Harpalus serripes

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Harpalus serripes  (Quensel in Schonherr, 1806)
Coleoptera: Carabidae

 
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data

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Status: NS

Essex RDB: Listed
Records: 15
First Record: 2006
Latest Record: 2014

1992-on hectads: 2
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 2

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Essex Red Data List comment
Essex Pre-1900 record/s; VC19 pre-1970 record/s.

Species text
The black omnivorous ground beetle Harpalus serripes is widespread but local in the southern half of England and South Wales, with records north to Cumbria and Norfolk (Hyman & Parsons, 1992). However Luff (1998) states that the species is apparently now confined to the south coast of England and south Wales. Records for two sites in South Essex in 2006 are the first in Essex since pre-1900 (P. Hammond, pers. comm.). It is primarily coastal, occurring most often on sand dunes and also coastal shingle. It is found under stones, leaf rosettes etc. and is phytophagous, feeding mainly on seeds. Management should aim at maintaining open conditions and encouraging early successional stages. References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3

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Broad Habitat Data (based on 15 records with habitat information)

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Structural Habitat Data (based on 14 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 15 records with habitat detail and method information)

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