Cryptocephalus querceti
Size
2.5-3.4mm
Basic colour
Black, or black and dark brown
Pattern colour
None
Leg colour
Yellow
Previously known from 5 widely separated sites. Currently well-established in Windsor Forest/Great Park, although its status at the other four sites is unknown.
Known only from a few sites in eastern England, with recent records (to 2000) only from Pashford Poors Fen, Suffolk - however drainage of surrounding agricultural fields which had led to drying of the site means that it is feared that this species may be extinct. It has a UK BAP page here.
Known from very few locations in Britain, this beetle has a UK BAP page here.
A sexually dimorphic species which has declined since the 1950s. Its UK BAP page is here.