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Sulphur Beetle

Cteniopus sulphureus

1,098Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May0
Jun180
Jul779
Aug127
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England159
2Swansea Wales156
3Isle of Anglesey Wales104
4Norfolk England97
5Suffolk England83
6Devon England55
7Carmarthenshire Wales51
8Conwy Wales51
9Pembrokeshire Wales49
10Kent England46
11Cambridgeshire England23
12Somerset England19
13Torbay England12
14Bristol, City of England8
15Oxfordshire England7
537 England499 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,098
Peak month
July
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Cteniopus sulphureus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
941
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Cteniopus
Name with authority
Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5191622 · GBIF 4454996