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Flat-backed millipede

Polydesmus angustus

305Records since 2000
JunePeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb10
Mar20
Apr38
May60
Jun64
Jul17
Aug12
Sep12
Oct13
Nov5
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland17
2Fife Scotland17
3Cambridgeshire England14
4Ceredigion Wales14
5Somerset England11
6Bristol, City of England11
7Monmouthshire Wales11
8Highland Scotland9
9Worcestershire England9
10Gwynedd Wales9
11Pembrokeshire Wales9
12Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland7
13Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
14Cornwall England6
15Essex England6
110 England84 Scotland67 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
305
Peak month
June
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Polydesmus angustus
Group
Millipedes
NBN Atlas records since 2000
253
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Polydesmidae
Genus
Polydesmus
Name with authority
Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884
Described
1884

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q3719876 · GBIF 1020607