Helochares punctatus

Sharp, 1869

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Data deficient

Associated assemblage

sphagnum bog 109 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

81 since 2000 121 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

26 since 2000 31 all time

Earliest occurrence

1937

Latest occurrence

2017

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.

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. Bob Merritt Coleoptera Dataset. Licenced under CC-BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.

Environment Agency.

Environment Agency. Freshwater river macroinvertebrate surveys (Biosys). Licenced under OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3.

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Helochares punctatus Sharp, 1869 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=NBNORG0000010045 (Accessed 08 November 2025).