Testing the applicability of regional IUCN Red List criteria on ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Flanders (north Belgium):opportunities for conservation ; Een test van de toepasbaarheid van regionale IUCN Rode Lijst criteria op lieveheersbeestjes (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Vlaanderen: mogelijkheden voor bescherming

1. Red Lists assess the extinction risk of species and are an important tool to prioritise species conservation and management measures. Worldwide, quantitative IUCN criteria are used to estimate the threat status of species at the regional level. 2. In Flanders (north Belgium), about 70 000 distribution records of ladybirds were collected in 36% of all the grid cells (1 9 1 km2) since 1990 during a large-scale citizen-science project. 3. Applying the IUCN criteria to the 36 resident ‘conspicuous’ ladybirds in Flanders resulted in two Regionally Extinct species, three Endangered species and si... Mehr ...