Atrecus affinis
Length 7 mm. This is a distinctive Rove Beetle with a rather elongated body. The abdomen is a reddish brown, with short, dark blackish elytra.
Usually found under bark, but sometimes in decaying wood.
All year round.
Sometimes congregate into small groups in spring.
A locally common species found throughout Britain with records from the very north of Scotland.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 52 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
20 March 2020
David Nicholls
Ratby Burroughs
19 April 2009
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Staphylinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 19/04/2009 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 20/03/2020 (Skevington, Mark)
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