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Platambus maculatus

821Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
50Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb8
Mar18
Apr18
May86
Jun78
Jul99
Aug119
Sep195
Oct120
Nov46
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England158
2Nottinghamshire England30
3Worcestershire England24
4Sheffield England24
5Powys Wales22
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland21
7Cumbria England19
8East Riding of Yorkshire England16
9Norfolk England14
10Rotherham England12
11Highland Scotland11
12Gwynedd Wales9
13Aberdeenshire Scotland8
14Conwy Wales8
15Monmouthshire Wales8
639 England61 Scotland107 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
821
Peak month
September
Counties with records
50
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
798
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Platambus
Name with authority
Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1316936 · GBIF 4469793