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European dark harp ground beetle

Pterostichus melanarius

2,069Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
94Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb12
Mar53
Apr107
May174
Jun397
Jul476
Aug322
Sep168
Oct33
Nov17
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England192
2Cambridgeshire England167
3Somerset England85
4Norfolk England82
5North Yorkshire England60
6Essex England57
7Carmarthenshire Wales51
8Worcestershire England49
9Oxfordshire England44
10Cumbria England42
11Bath and North East Somerset England41
12Thurrock England40
13Suffolk England39
14Devon England38
15Orkney Islands Scotland32
1,732 England157 Scotland136 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,069
Peak month
July
Counties with records
94
Scientific name
Pterostichus melanarius
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,028
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Pterostichus
Name with authority
Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798)
Described
1798
Contributing datasets
30

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3410292 · GBIF 7856746