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Shining Guest Ant

Formicoxenus nitidulus

138Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
6Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May4
Jun4
Jul13
Aug19
Sep65
Oct14
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland53
2Worcestershire England45
3Gloucestershire England7
4Aberdeenshire Scotland6
5Surrey England2
6Sheffield England1
79 England59 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
138
Peak month
September
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Formicoxenus nitidulus
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
136
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Formicoxenus
Name with authority
Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846)
Described
1846

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q308877 · GBIF 1317464