When it is recorded
Jan23
Feb27
Mar65
Apr124
May668
Jun1,730
Jul1,264
Aug690
Sep284
Oct72
Nov41
Dec22
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincolnshire | England | 229 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 227 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 210 | |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | England | 189 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 168 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 165 | |
| 7 | Worcestershire | England | 131 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 125 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 121 | |
| 10 | Gloucestershire | England | 109 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 105 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 105 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 92 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 76 | |
| 15 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 71 |
4,887 England219 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 5,110
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 67
- Scientific name
- Dorcus parallelipipedus
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,384
- Most recorded in
- Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcestershire, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Surrey, Somerset +4
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Lucanidae
- Genus
- Dorcus
- Name with authority
- Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 19
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q805094 · GBIF 5743112