Colophon stokoei
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Colophon stokoei faces severe habitat degradation from invasive alien plant species, particularly pine and eucalyptus plantations that alter the natural fynbos ecosystem structure. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns and increased fire frequency, which can destroy the specialized microhabitats this flightless beetle requires. The species' extremely limited distribution on isolated mountain peaks makes it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions from habitat modification.
Habitat
This flightless beetle is endemic to high-altitude fynbos vegetation on isolated mountain peaks in the Western Cape of South Africa. It inhabits specialized microhabitats within indigenous shrubland, typically found under stones and in leaf litter at elevations above 1,000 meters.