Chequered Click Beetle

Prosternon tessellatum

(Linnaeus, 1758)

National assessment

Unassessed

Local assessment

Stable

Associated assemblage

scrub heath and moorland 206 other species in this assemblage

Statistics

Occurrences

210 since 2000 268 all time

Occupied 1 km squares

31 since 2000 41 all time

Earliest occurrence

1895

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.

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

Lapwings Consultants.

Cite this page

GLNP (2025). Prosternon tessellatum (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=NBNORG0000011393 (Accessed 08 November 2025).