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Melanotus castanipes

371Records since 2000
JunePeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb5
Mar9
Apr9
May70
Jun106
Jul56
Aug15
Sep14
Oct14
Nov10
Dec5

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2Norfolk England33
3Monmouthshire Wales26
4Oxfordshire England24
5Cheshire East England16
6Essex England15
7Cambridgeshire England7
8Lincolnshire England7
9Wrexham Wales7
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland7
11Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland7
12Suffolk England6
13Cornwall England6
14Devon England6
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland6
284 England12 Scotland37 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
371
Peak month
June
Counties with records
48
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
328
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elateridae
Genus
Melanotus
Name with authority
Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
Described
1800

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1945816 · GBIF 6975566