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Spring small dung beetle

Melinopterus prodromus

1,316Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
80Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan23
Feb38
Mar162
Apr292
May287
Jun72
Jul6
Aug15
Sep104
Oct136
Nov47
Dec9

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England150
2Worcestershire England105
3Devon England65
4Lincolnshire England58
5North Yorkshire England48
6Isle of Anglesey Wales41
7Cumbria England40
8Cambridgeshire England35
9Norfolk England30
10Somerset England30
11Gwynedd Wales24
12Swansea Wales24
13Cornwall England23
14Cheshire East England22
15Surrey England17
1,043 England80 Scotland176 Wales11 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,316
Peak month
April
Counties with records
80
Scientific name
Melinopterus prodromus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,307
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Melinopterus
Name with authority
Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14898332 · GBIF 1069185