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Philonthus decorus

208Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar4
Apr8
May50
Jun51
Jul23
Aug16
Sep8
Oct2
Nov3
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales20
2Glasgow City Scotland19
3Highland Scotland16
4Norfolk England12
5Surrey England11
6Worcestershire England11
7Scottish Borders Scotland8
8Cumbria England7
9North Ayrshire Scotland7
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland6
11Cambridgeshire England5
12Argyll and Bute Scotland5
13Essex England4
14Dorset England3
15Gwynedd Wales3
103 England73 Scotland29 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
208
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
198
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Philonthus
Name with authority
Philonthus decorus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Described
1802

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14895230 · GBIF 4437019