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Staph beetle

Xantholinus linearis

536Records since 2000
JunePeak month
51Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb5
Mar11
Apr23
May38
Jun58
Jul22
Aug37
Sep39
Oct26
Nov13
Dec7

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland192
2Cambridgeshire England46
3Worcestershire England24
4Surrey England15
5Highland Scotland15
6Gwynedd Wales15
7Nottinghamshire England12
8Essex England9
9Pembrokeshire Wales9
10Ceredigion Wales8
11Isle of Anglesey Wales7
12Norfolk England6
13Fife Scotland6
14Doncaster England6
15Sheffield England6
209 England236 Scotland56 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 51 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
536
Peak month
June
Counties with records
51
Scientific name
Xantholinus linearis
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
527
Most recorded in
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Xantholinus
Name with authority
Xantholinus linearis (A.G.Olivier, 1795)
Described
1795
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 10259316