Broscus cephalotes

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

bare sand and chalk 390 other species in this assemblage

Last updated

2025-10-10

Statistics

Occurrences

42 since 2000 119 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

17 since 2000 34 all time

Earliest occurrence

1800

Latest occurrence

2024

Distribution

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Occurrence since 1950

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This chart should not be relied upon for an indication of species status as variations in recording effort can heavily affect the count of occurrences and occupied 1km squares.

Associated habitats

Coastal sand dunes

References

Webb, J., Heaver, D., Lott, D., Dean, H.J., van Breda, J., Curson, J., Harvey, M.C., Gurney, M., Roy, D.B., van Breda, A., Drake, M., Alexander, K.N.A. and Foster, G. (2017). Pantheon. [online] Available at: http://www.brc.ac.uk [05/02/2025].

Data sources

Local species recorders

Biological Records Centre. Derek Lott Coleoptera Dataset. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Biological Records Centre. Ground Beetle Recording Scheme - data verified via iRecord. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Natural England. Invertebrate Common Standards Monitoring and ISIS Test Data. Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) species profile, in Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (ed.) Greater Lincolnshire species data bank. Available at: http://glincsson.glnp.org.uk/view?taxon_list_item_key=NBNORG0000009914 (Accessed 08 November 2025).