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Medium-sized bark louse

Ectopsocus petersi

854Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan75
Feb66
Mar67
Apr41
May35
Jun29
Jul62
Aug74
Sep82
Oct64
Nov64
Dec96

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1City of Edinburgh Scotland215
2Highland Scotland122
3Worcestershire England81
4Perth and Kinross Scotland39
5Norfolk England17
6Aberdeenshire Scotland17
7Telford and Wrekin England14
8Devon England12
9Fife Scotland12
10Cheshire East England9
11Aberdeen City Scotland9
12West Lothian Scotland9
13Suffolk England8
14Oxfordshire England8
15Essex England8
346 England471 Scotland13 Wales21 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
854
Peak month
December
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Ectopsocus petersi
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
779
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Family
Ectopsocidae
Genus
Ectopsocus
Name with authority
Ectopsocus petersi Smithers, 1978
Described
1978
Contributing datasets
18

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5334306 · GBIF 1031394