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Species Account for Platycis minutus

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Platycis minutus  (Fabricius, 1787)
Coleoptera: Lycidae

Platycis minutus Copyright: Pauline Bain (photo Robert Smith)

 
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Taxonomic group: beetles (Coleoptera) - Available county data

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Essex RDB: Listed
Saproxylic species

Records: 10
First Record: 1987
Latest Record: 2025

1992-on hectads: 7
Pre-1992 hectads: 1
Total hectads: 8

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


Habitats

Broad Habitat Data (based on 1 records with habitat information)

no subhabitat data available

no structural habitat data available

Habitat Detail and Method (based on 10 records with habitat detail and method information)

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