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Platystethus arenarius

100Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr6
May14
Jun15
Jul14
Aug7
Sep21
Oct2
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England31
2Worcestershire England11
3Powys Wales6
4Highland Scotland5
5Swansea Wales4
6Surrey England3
7Aberdeenshire Scotland3
8Carmarthenshire Wales3
9Cornwall England2
10Cumbria England2
11Fife Scotland2
12Isle of Anglesey Wales2
13Mid Ulster Northern Ireland2
14East Riding of Yorkshire England1
15Essex England1
69 England13 Scotland16 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
100
Peak month
September
Counties with records
21
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
104
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Platystethus
Name with authority
Platystethus arenarius (Geoffroy, 1785)
Described
1785

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q813929 · GBIF 1040357