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Small Velvet Ant

Smicromyrme rufipes

59Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
8Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun12
Jul22
Aug16
Sep4
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England14
2Dorset England10
3Kent England4
4Oxfordshire England4
5Essex England4
6Isle of Wight England4
7Cambridgeshire England1
8Suffolk England1
59 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
59
Peak month
July
Counties with records
8
Scientific name
Smicromyrme rufipes
Group
Bees, wasps and ants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
52
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Mutillidae
Genus
Smicromyrme
Name with authority
Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius, 1787)
Described
1787

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2168113 · GBIF 4506181