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Taphropeltus contractus

133Records since 2000
MayPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar8
Apr30
May33
Jun14
Jul8
Aug13
Sep7
Oct6
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England11
2Gloucestershire England10
3Cambridgeshire England9
4Kent England9
5Worcestershire England9
6Oxfordshire England5
7Suffolk England4
8Dorset England4
9Essex England4
10Pembrokeshire Wales3
11Devon England2
12Lincolnshire England2
13West Berkshire England2
14Surrey England1
15Cornwall England1
127 England1 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
133
Peak month
May
Counties with records
24
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
133
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Rhyparochromidae
Genus
Taphropeltus
Name with authority
Taphropeltus contractus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
Described
1835

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q10690912 · GBIF 4486588