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Microlestes maurus

594Records since 2000
MayPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan9
Feb8
Mar26
Apr55
May137
Jun112
Jul58
Aug64
Sep39
Oct9
Nov10
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England65
2Cambridgeshire England64
3Thurrock England43
4Devon England33
5Kent England24
6Norfolk England22
7Northamptonshire England18
8Lincolnshire England17
9Dorset England13
10Isle of Wight England12
11Oxfordshire England10
12Bath and North East Somerset England10
13Surrey England9
14Medway England7
15Suffolk England6
527 England4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
594
Peak month
May
Counties with records
31
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
532
Most recorded in
Essex, Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Microlestes
Name with authority
Microlestes maurus (Sturm, 1827)
Described
1827
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13853727 · GBIF 5873271