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Platynus assimilis

1,462Records since 2000
MayPeak month
72Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan84
Feb100
Mar152
Apr198
May227
Jun153
Jul79
Aug87
Sep82
Oct67
Nov64
Dec72

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England115
2Devon England71
3Worcestershire England54
4Northamptonshire England51
5Powys Wales46
6Surrey England31
7Cumbria England30
8Nottinghamshire England30
9Cheshire East England25
10Sheffield England24
11North Yorkshire England23
12Argyll and Bute Scotland23
13North Ayrshire Scotland22
14Highland Scotland21
15Cambridgeshire England20
1,174 England117 Scotland111 Wales57 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 72 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,462
Peak month
May
Counties with records
72
Group
Beetles
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Platynus
Name with authority
Platynus assimilis (Paykull, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11705616 · GBIF 8137203