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Philorhizus melanocephalus

1,374Records since 2000
MayPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan94
Feb111
Mar119
Apr156
May216
Jun191
Jul65
Aug79
Sep96
Oct85
Nov49
Dec45

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England162
2Norfolk England122
3Lincolnshire England116
4Essex England49
5Suffolk England38
6Worcestershire England38
7Kent England37
8Devon England23
9Doncaster England20
10Kirklees England20
11Cornwall England19
12Oxfordshire England18
13East Riding of Yorkshire England18
14Surrey England17
15Somerset England17
1,270 England12 Scotland70 Wales16 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,374
Peak month
May
Counties with records
67
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,362
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Philorhizus
Name with authority
Philorhizus melanocephalus (Dejean, 1825)
Described
1825
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14088784 · GBIF 4480315