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Species Account for Sitona macularius

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Sitona macularius  (Marsham, 1802)
Coleoptera: Curculionidae

 
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data

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Essex RDB: Listed

Records: 13
First Record: 1950
Latest Record: 2008

1992-on hectads: 1
Pre-1992 hectads: 6
Total hectads: 6

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Essex Red Data List comment
Essex Post-1969 record/s; VC18 1970-on record/s; VC19 pre-1970 record/s.

Species text
Sitona macularius is an uncommon and possibly declining but widely distributed weevil in Britain, associated with Leguminosae. The weevil has been recorded from grassland, field margins in cultivated land, quarries and disturbed ground, particularly on chalky soils. The larvae feed on roots and root nodules. On the Continent, the species has been associated with common vetch Vicia sativa, lucerne Medicago sativa, black medick M. lupulina, red clover Trifolium pratense and cultivated pea Pisum sativum. Adults have been recorded from sainfoin Onobrychis sativa, wild liquorice Astragalus glycyphyllos, bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus, hairy tare Vicia hirsutaand smooth tare V. tetrasperma. This species may be threatened by the loss of grassland through conversion to arable agriculture or other land use. The infilling of quarries, the use of herbicides and pesticides, and natural succession and scrub invasion may be further threats. Grazing, cutting or some other disturbance, such as rotovation, on a rotational basis, is needed to maintain open conditions and encourage early successional stages (Hyman & Parsons, 1992). References

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

Habitats

Broad Habitat Data (based on 2 records with habitat information)

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Structural Habitat Data (based on 1 records with structural habitat information)

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 13 records with habitat detail and method information)

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