Bradycellus chavesi Alluaud, 1919:252
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Bradicellus chavesi Alluaud, 1919:252
Conservation Status
Extinct (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
Last record: 1918; <150 years (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
São Miguel Island, Azores
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Alluaud, C. (1919). Contributions á l`étude des carabiques d`Afrique et de Madagascar (Col.). XXI. Note sur diverses espèces des Canaries et des Açores, dont deux nouvelles, et description d`un genre nouveau. -. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 1918 (19): 251-254. (Paris).
Other references:
Borges, P. A. V. (2018). Bradycellus chavesi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T96986314A96986338. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T96986314A96986338.en. Downloaded on 06 July 2018.
Borges, P. A. V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Gonçalves, V., Martins, A.F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R.S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (2010). A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Princípia, Cascais.
Borges, P.A.V., Gaspar, C., Crespo, L., Rigal, F., Cardoso, P., Pereira, F., Rego, C., Amorim, I.R., Melo, C., Aguiar, C., André, G., Mendonça, E., Ribeiro, S.P., Hortal, J., Santos, A.M., Barcelos, L., Enghoff, H., Mahnert, V., Pita, M.T., Ribes, J., Baz, A., Sousa, A.B., Vieira, V., Wunderlich, J., Parmakelis, A., Whittaker, R.A., Quartau, J.A., Serrano, A.R.M. & Triantis, K.A. 2016. New records and detailed distribution and abundance of selected arthropod species collected between 1999 and 2011 in Azorean native forests. Biodiversity Data Journal 4(e10948): 1-84.
Borges, Paulo Alexandre Vieira, Lamelas-López, Lucas, Amorim, Isabel R., Danielczak, Anja, Nunes, Rui, Serrano, Artur R. M., Boieiro, Mário, Rego, Carla, Hochkirch, Axel and Vieira, Virgílio. (2017). Conservation status of the forest beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) from Azores, Portugal. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e14557.
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
Ferreira, M. T., Cardoso, P., Borges, P. A. V., Gabriel, R., Azevedo, E. B., Reis, F., Araújo, M. B. and Elias, R. B. (2016). Effects of climate change on the distribution of indigenous species in oceanic islands (Azores). Climate Change 138: 603-615.
Lindroth, C. H. (1960). The Ground-Beetles of the Azores (Coleoptera: Carabidae) with some reflexions on over-seas dispersal. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal 13(31): 5-48.
Terzopoulou, Sofia, Rigal, François, Whittaker, Robert J., Borges, Paulo A. V. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2015). Drivers of extinction: the case of Azorean beetles. Biol. Lett. 11: 20150273.
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