Species Account for Scybalicus oblongiusculus
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Scybalicus oblongiusculus (Dejean, 1829)
Coleoptera: Carabidae
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data
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Status: NR;VU
Essex RDB: Listed
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Discovered in South Essex in 2002.
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The ground beetle Scybalicus oblongiusculus was considered by coleopterists to be extinct in the UK until a single specimen was found by P.R. Harvey at West Canvey in 2002 (Harvey, 2002) and West Thurrock PFA Lagoons in 2005 (Harvey, 2005). All previous records had been from the south coast of Dorset, where it was last recorded in 1926 with an unsubstantiated record from Portland Bill in 1951 (Luff, 1998). Despite further work at the West Canvey site in 2003 no more specimens were found, and the discovery of the species in numbers in 2006 at two sites near Tilbury is the first confirmed presence of breeding populations in the region and is important in establishing that the beetle's occurrence is not as a vagrant. These sites are clearly an important node for the species, and these populations deserve further research. References
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