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Dasytes plumbeus (Muller, O.F., 1776)
Coleoptera: Melyridae

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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data

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Status: NS

Essex RDB: Listed
Saproxylic species

Records: 37

First Record: 1999

Latest Record: 2023

1992-on hectads: 8

Pre-1992 hectads: 0

Total hectads: 8

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Essex Red Data List comment
Essex Post-1969 record/s; VC18 1970-on record/s; VC19 pre-1970 record/s.

Species text
Dasytes plumbeus is recorded from England and South Wales. Its status is uncertain because of former confusion over nomenclature, combined with the difficulty in reliably distinguishing this species from its close relative (also Nationally Scarce) D. puncticollis. D. plumbeus has been noted from grassland in derelict chalk pits, cliff tops, grazing levels, fen edge, neutral grassland on a railway cutting and possibly woodland. It is found by sweeping grassland and also by beating oak (Hyman & Parsons, 1992). References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3