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Smooth-chested Blackclock

Pterostichus diligens

3,034Records since 2000
JunePeak month
91Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan79
Feb123
Mar181
Apr269
May614
Jun687
Jul270
Aug177
Sep163
Oct93
Nov85
Dec57

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England289
2Cambridgeshire England252
3Devon England107
4Highland Scotland106
5Somerset England85
6Doncaster England85
7Dorset England80
8North Yorkshire England68
9Wakefield England63
10Kirklees England63
11Powys Wales61
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland60
13Cumbria England43
14Kent England38
15Lincolnshire England38
2,460 England268 Scotland181 Wales116 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,034
Peak month
June
Counties with records
91
Scientific name
Pterostichus diligens
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,080
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Pterostichus
Name with authority
Pterostichus diligens (Sturm, 1824)
Described
1824
Contributing datasets
36

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11705708 · GBIF 7873810