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Pincer Blackclock

Pterostichus rhaeticus

1,504Records since 2000
JunePeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan15
Feb15
Mar52
Apr125
May322
Jun354
Jul142
Aug109
Sep69
Oct22
Nov24
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland116
2Cambridgeshire England99
3Kent England75
4Devon England65
5North Yorkshire England59
6Powys Wales54
7Cumbria England47
8Somerset England41
9Mid Ulster Northern Ireland41
10Norfolk England39
11Dorset England38
12Essex England31
13Wakefield England30
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland29
15Gwynedd Wales26
1,078 England192 Scotland116 Wales117 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,504
Peak month
June
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Pterostichus rhaeticus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,538
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Pterostichus
Name with authority
Pterostichus rhaeticus Heer, 1837
Described
1837
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14673300 · GBIF 8417764