Ampedus praeustus
Local name: svartspetsad rödrock
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Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Ampedus praeustus faces severe threats from habitat loss due to intensive forestry practices that remove the old-growth deciduous and mixed forests it depends on. The species requires dead and decaying wood from mature trees for larval development, making it highly vulnerable to modern forest management that eliminates deadwood and reduces forest age diversity. Climate change and fragmentation of remaining suitable forest patches further compound these pressures.
Habitat
Old-growth and mature deciduous and mixed forests, particularly those containing dead and decaying hardwood trees such as oak, beech, and birch. The species requires forests with substantial amounts of deadwood and dying trees where larvae can develop in the decaying wood.
Other threatened species in Elateridae
Frequently asked questions
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