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ARKive's British Chapter - Most Wanted Species

 

We need your help! Do you have or know where we can find, images of the following British endangered species? We particularly need help with our beetles and lower plants, please see below. To obtain individual species names for groups marked 'ENSRP priority list/UKBAP', visit http://www.ukbap.org.uk/species.htm

If you can help us then please contact the ARKive media research team:

Emma Millett: [email protected] +44 (0) 117 9157 141
Polly Beard: [email protected] +44 (0) 117 9157 153

Species name

Common name

INSECTS

 

Callicera spinolae

Hoverfly

Chrysotoxum octomaculatum

Hoverfly

Dorycera graminum

Picture-winged fly (large otitid)

Eristalis cryptarum

Bog hoverfly

Lipsothrix errans

Cranefly

Lipsothrix nervosa

Cranefly

Rhabdomastix hilaris

Cranefly

Tipula (Savtshenkia) serrulifera

Cranefly

Coleophora tricolor

Casebearing moth

Gentian plume

Gentian plume

Schrankia taenialis

White-lined snout

Trisateles emortualis

Olive crescent

Brachyptera putata

Stonefly

Aphrodes duffieldi

Leafhopper

Hydrometra gracilenta

The lesser water measurer

Orthotylus rubidus

Capsid bug

Cerceris quadricincta

Solitary wasp

Cerceris quinquefasciata

Solitary wasp

Chrysis fulgida

Ruby-tailed wasp

Chrysura hirsuta

Ruby-tailed wasp

Evagetes pectinipes

Spider wasp

Homonotus sanguinolentus

Spider wasp

Prostoma jenningsi

Jenning's ribbon worm

Andrena genus

Mining bee

Gastrallus immarginatus

Maple woodboring beetle

Nomada genus

Cuckoo bee

Bombus subterraneus

Short haired bumble bee

Psylliodes sophiae

Flixweed leaf beetle

Cryptocephalus exiguus

Pashford pot beetle

Donacia genus

Reed beetle

Colletes floralis

Northern colletes

Dryophthorus corticalis

Saproxylic weevil

Anergates atratulus

Dark guest ant

Lasioglossum angusticeps

Solitary bee

Gnorimus variabilis

Chafer

Hydrochus nitidicollis

Beetle

Osmia xanthomelana

Mason bee

Hypebaeus flavipes

Moccas beetle

Malachius aeneus

Scarlet Malachite beetle

Aphodius niger

Beaulieu dung beetle

Rove Beetles

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Water Beetles

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Click Beetles

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Ground Beetles

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

 

 

OTHER INVERTEBRATES

 

Lophopus crystallinus

Freshwater bryozoan

Gammarus insensibilis

Lagoon sand shrimp

Margaritifera margaritifera

Freshwater pearl mussel

Myxas glutinosa

Glutinous snail

Pisidium tenuilineatum

A freshwater pea mussel

Pseudanodonta complanata

Depressed river mussel

Tenella adspersa

Lagoon sea slug

Valvata macrostoma

Water snail

Clavopsella navis

Brackish water hydroid

Nematostella vectensis

Startlet sea anemone

Victorella pavida

Trembling sea mat

Styela gelatinosa

Sea squirt

Clubiona rosserae

Spider

 

 

LOWER PLANTS

 

Lichen

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Liverworts

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Mosses

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

Stoneworts

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

 

HIGHER PLANTS

 

Apium repens

Creeping marshwort

Najas flexilis

Slender naiad

Rock sea-lavenders

ENSRP priority list/UKBAP

 

 

VERTEBRATES

 

Petromyzon marinus

Sea lamprey

 

 

FUNGI

 

Boletus pseudoregius

Bolete

Boletus regius

The royle bolete

Hygrocybe spadicea

Date colured waxcap

Hypocreopsis rhododendri

Ascomycete

Hydnellum mirabile

Stipitate hydnoid fungi

Sarcodon scabrosus

Stipitate hydnoid fungi