About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Philonthus politus
Species · Beetles

Philonthus politus

72Records since 2000
MayPeak month
11Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May15
Jun12
Jul15
Aug4
Sep10
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England30
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland14
3Worcestershire England11
4Norfolk England2
5Kent England2
6Gwynedd Wales2
7North Ayrshire Scotland2
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland2
9Argyll and Bute Scotland1
10Aberdeenshire Scotland1
11Telford and Wrekin England1
49 England19 Scotland2 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
72
Peak month
May
Counties with records
11
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
Philonthus
Name with authority
Philonthus politus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4096986 · GBIF 4436776