Countries of Occurrence:
Spain - Canaries
Archipelago(s):
Canaries
Assessor/s:
Nardi, G. & Mico, E.
Reviewer/s:
Alexander, K. & Nieto, A.
Contributor/s:
Facilitators / Compilers/s:
European regional assessment: listed as Least Concern because although the species has a relatively small range and there is no information on the population size or trends, it is a polyphagous species not dependent on wood of large diameter (rather the opposite) and can tolerate modified habitats, thus making it unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
EU 27 regional assessment: listed as Least Concern because although the species has a relatively small range and there is no information on the population size or trends, it is a polyphagous species not dependent on wood of large diameter (rather the opposite) and can tolerate modified habitats, thus making it unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
This species is only found in the Spanish archipelago, the Canary Islands.
There is little information available on the abundance of this species. In the Canarian archipelago, S. ficicola is present on all major islands except for Fuerteventura (Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial). The Zoological Museum Lund holds 30 specimens.
This is an obligate saproxylic species. Its name suggests an association with fig trees (Ficus), but probably it can use a variety of dry woods, including small branches, as is the general rule in the genus Scobicia. It has been collected in woods of Ceratonia siliqua(Lesne 1904) and has been reared from Vitis vinifera (Lesne 1905).
The main overall threat is likely to be degradation or loss of habitat quality, involving structural changes in the tree populations arising from changing land use – affecting age structures and tree density. Exploitation from forestry is often a key immediate issue, but equally damaging can be long-term changes towards canopy closure and loss of ancient trees as a result of non- or minimum-intervention management systems which all too often exclude grazing by large herbivores. Fragmentation and increasing isolation of beetle populations are also key factors.
The species is present in at least one protected area.