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Lithobius melanops

262Records since 2000
JunePeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb19
Mar20
Apr30
May27
Jun41
Jul22
Aug25
Sep20
Oct13
Nov7
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England10
2Essex England8
3Somerset England8
4Highland Scotland7
5Gwynedd Wales7
6Pembrokeshire Wales7
7Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
8Surrey England6
9Swansea Wales6
10Sefton England5
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland5
12Glasgow City Scotland5
13Oxfordshire England4
14Worcestershire England4
15Gloucestershire England4
164 England49 Scotland35 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
262
Peak month
June
Counties with records
51
Group
Centipedes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Lithobiomorpha
Family
Lithobiidae
Genus
Lithobius
Name with authority
Lithobius melanops Newport, 1845
Described
1845

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6511698 · GBIF 2230166