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Metopsia clypeata

79Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar3
Apr2
May5
Jun19
Jul5
Aug5
Sep15
Oct0
Nov1
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England14
2Worcestershire England13
3Highland Scotland7
4Kent England4
5Dorset England4
6Sefton England3
7Essex England2
8Cumbria England2
9Isle of Anglesey Wales2
10Telford and Wrekin England2
11Wrexham Wales2
12Norfolk England1
13Oxfordshire England1
14Surrey England1
15East Riding of Yorkshire England1
64 England10 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
79
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
72
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Metopsia
Name with authority
Metopsia clypeata (P.W.J.Müller, 1821)
Described
1821

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14887345 · GBIF 4438279