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Ocypus aeneocephalus

128Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr4
May10
Jun21
Jul26
Aug7
Sep19
Oct9
Nov4
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Nottinghamshire England14
2Pembrokeshire Wales10
3Dorset England7
4Worcestershire England7
5Isle of Anglesey Wales7
6Aberdeenshire Scotland6
7Cambridgeshire England5
8Highland Scotland4
9Fife Scotland4
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
11Swansea Wales4
12Gwynedd Wales3
13Powys Wales3
14Norfolk England2
15Argyll and Bute Scotland2
59 England23 Scotland43 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
128
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
122
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Ocypus
Name with authority
Ocypus aeneocephalus (De Geer, 1774)
Described
1774

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2013972 · GBIF 5746111