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Thanatophilus rugosus

430Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
48Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar36
Apr117
May115
Jun51
Jul41
Aug25
Sep23
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1North Yorkshire England66
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland48
3Highland Scotland47
4Orkney Islands Scotland16
5Cambridgeshire England12
6Worcestershire England12
7Norfolk England11
8Cumbria England11
9Aberdeenshire Scotland10
10East Riding of Yorkshire England8
11Lincolnshire England7
12Powys Wales7
13Isle of Anglesey Wales7
14Sheffield England7
15Devon England6
233 England164 Scotland22 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
430
Peak month
April
Counties with records
48
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
417
Most recorded in
North Yorkshire
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Thanatophilus
Name with authority
Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2176458 · GBIF 4448486