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Oak Pin-Hole Borer

Platypus cylindrus

151Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr1
May12
Jun21
Jul37
Aug19
Sep22
Oct7
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England17
2Essex England14
3Norfolk England11
4Surrey England10
5Monmouthshire Wales9
6Suffolk England6
7Oxfordshire England6
8Kent England5
9Devon England4
10Cheshire East England4
11Cambridgeshire England3
12Dorset England2
13Lincolnshire England2
14Herefordshire, County of England2
15Gloucestershire England1
139 England11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
151
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Platypus cylindrus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
151
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Platypus
Name with authority
Platypus cylindrus (J.C.Fabricius, 1792)
Described
1792

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1954557 · GBIF 1205228