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Helophorus obscurus

1,165Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan20
Feb43
Mar172
Apr265
May184
Jun72
Jul54
Aug43
Sep48
Oct110
Nov91
Dec27

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England142
2East Riding of Yorkshire England120
3Nottinghamshire England113
4Lincolnshire England55
5Doncaster England38
6Cambridgeshire England35
7York England31
8North Lincolnshire England29
9Dumfries and Galloway Scotland25
10Norfolk England22
11Isle of Anglesey Wales18
12Worcestershire England17
13Rotherham England13
14Sheffield England12
15Carmarthenshire Wales10
1,054 England42 Scotland48 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,165
Peak month
April
Counties with records
62
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,175
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Helophoridae
Genus
Helophorus
Name with authority
Helophorus obscurus Mulsant, 1844
Described
1844
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14931440 · GBIF 4433782