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Riolus subviolaceus

230Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
19Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar16
Apr26
May16
Jun12
Jul20
Aug25
Sep52
Oct40
Nov19
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England43
2Nottinghamshire England16
3Lincolnshire England11
4Powys Wales10
5East Riding of Yorkshire England5
6Gloucestershire England4
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland4
8Monmouthshire Wales4
9Denbighshire Wales3
10Cumbria England2
11Rutland England2
12Argyll and Bute Scotland2
13Scottish Borders Scotland2
14Herefordshire, County of England2
15East Ayrshire Scotland2
182 England13 Scotland27 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
230
Peak month
September
Counties with records
19
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
226
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Elmidae
Genus
Riolus
Name with authority
Riolus subviolaceus (Müller, 1817)
Described
1817

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2280955 · GBIF 4427749