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Saddleback Harvestman

Mitopus morio

1,164Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
77Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May36
Jun170
Jul276
Aug267
Sep194
Oct67
Nov14
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland264
2Worcestershire England95
3Gwynedd Wales78
4Argyll and Bute Scotland72
5Devon England51
6Isle of Anglesey Wales35
7Cornwall England32
8Moray Scotland32
9Pembrokeshire Wales22
10Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland20
11Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland19
12Norfolk England18
13Perth and Kinross Scotland18
14Angus Scotland16
15North Yorkshire England15
329 England524 Scotland181 Wales41 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 77 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,164
Peak month
July
Counties with records
77
Scientific name
Mitopus morio
Group
Mites, harvestmen and other arachnids
NBN Atlas records since 2000
915
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Opiliones
Family
Phalangiidae
Genus
Mitopus
Name with authority
Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779)
Described
1779
Contributing datasets
41

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2123386 · GBIF 4553358