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Ant woodlouse

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii

237Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
36Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar21
Apr54
May44
Jun32
Jul13
Aug13
Sep18
Oct11
Nov12
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales12
2Telford and Wrekin England12
3Somerset England10
4Sefton England6
5Bristol, City of England6
6Cambridgeshire England5
7Worcestershire England5
8Pembrokeshire Wales5
9Norfolk England4
10Essex England4
11Devon England4
12Rutland England4
13Swansea Wales4
14Suffolk England3
15Kent England3
192 England1 Scotland36 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
237
Peak month
April
Counties with records
36
Scientific name
Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
148
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Platyarthridae
Genus
Platyarthrus
Name with authority
Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii Brandt, 1833
Described
1833

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2101485 · GBIF 2205012