When it is recorded
Jan29
Feb50
Mar134
Apr220
May175
Jun50
Jul23
Aug11
Sep60
Oct94
Nov47
Dec23
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 145 | |
| 2 | Worcestershire | England | 80 | |
| 3 | Devon | England | 73 | |
| 4 | North Yorkshire | England | 36 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 33 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 33 | |
| 7 | Gwynedd | Wales | 31 | |
| 8 | Cambridgeshire | England | 30 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 26 | |
| 10 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 24 | |
| 11 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 20 | |
| 12 | Surrey | England | 16 | |
| 13 | Swansea | Wales | 16 | |
| 14 | Cumbria | England | 13 | |
| 15 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 13 |
753 England122 Scotland135 Wales16 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 65 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,037
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 65
- Group
- Beetles
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,028
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Devon
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Melinopterus
- Name with authority
- Melinopterus sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)
- Described
- 1798
- Contributing datasets
- 22
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14898335 · GBIF 1069215