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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Arthropoda > Class: Insecta > Order: Orthoptera > Family: Gryllidae > Genus: Brachytrupes > Species: Brachytrupes megacephalus

Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefevre, 1827)

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Threat status Europe	Vulnerable (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 1 other international agreement
Natura 2000 sites	24 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	sparsely vegetated land
Natura 2000 species code	4047

Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Not evaluated

Europe

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ITA040002	Italy	Isola di Lampedusa e Lampione	Map
ITA050001	Italy	Biviere e Macconi di Gela	Map
ITA070001	Italy	Foce del Fiume Simeto e Lago Gornalunga	Map
ITA090002	Italy	Vendicari	Map
ITA090003	Italy	Pantani della Sicilia sud orientale	Map
ITA090004	Italy	Pantano Morghella	Map
MT0000009	Malta	L-Inħawi tar-Ramla tat-Torri u tal-Irdum tal-Madonna	Map
MT0000015	Malta	L-Inħawi tal-Għadira	Map
ITA080007	Italy	Spiaggia Maganuco	Map
ITA090029	Italy	Pantani della Sicilia sud-orientale, Morghella, di Marzamemi, di Punta Pilieri e Vendicari	Map
ITA090010	Italy	Isola Correnti, Pantani di Punta Pilieri, chiusa dell'Alga e Parrino	Map
ITA080004	Italy	Punta Braccetto, Contrada Cammarana	Map
ITB040025	Italy	Promontorio, dune e zona umida di Porto Pino	Map
ITA080003	Italy	Vallata del Fiume Ippari (Pineta di Vittoria)	Map
ITA020009	Italy	Cala Rossa e Capo Rama	Map
ITA090001	Italy	Isola di Capo Passero	Map
ITA080008	Italy	Contrada Religione	Map
ITB043035	Italy	Costa e Entroterra tra Punta Cannoni e Punta delle Oche - Isola di San Pietro	Map
ITA010018	Italy	Foce del Torrente Calatubo e dune	Map
ITA090005	Italy	Pantano di Marzamemi	Map
ITA050011	Italy	Torre Manfria	Map
ITA080001	Italy	Foce del Fiume Irminio	Map
ITB040027	Italy	Isola di San Pietro	Map
MT0000005	Malta	L-Inħawi tar-Ramla	Map

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure

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Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefevre, 1827)

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Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

EU conservation status

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Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

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