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Helochares punctatus

511Records since 2000
MayPeak month
38Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb19
Mar35
Apr49
May67
Jun66
Jul53
Aug56
Sep56
Oct43
Nov15
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Doncaster England54
2Worcestershire England31
3North Lincolnshire England31
4East Riding of Yorkshire England30
5York England29
6Norfolk England27
7Gwynedd Wales27
8Dorset England26
9North Yorkshire England22
10Nottinghamshire England16
11Lincolnshire England15
12Cambridgeshire England14
13Isle of Anglesey Wales13
14Powys Wales12
15Sheffield England8
432 England5 Scotland67 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
511
Peak month
May
Counties with records
38
Also known as
a water beetle
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
517
Most recorded in
Doncaster
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Hydrophilidae
Genus
Helochares
Name with authority
Helochares punctatus (Sharp, 1869)
Described
1869
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q15736685 · GBIF 4433842