What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Hydrobius fuscipes been recorded?

Hydrobius fuscipes occurrence evidence comes from 11,986 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1829 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

InsectaColeopteraHydrophilidaeHydrobius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

11,986 records across 22 countries and territories, 1829–2026.

Hydrobius fuscipes · GBIF taxon key 4988130

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

8 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18292026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Hydrobius fuscipes has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hydrobius fuscipes. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 7,220
Netherlands 1,776
Sweden 1,558
Spain 249
United States 237
Ireland 225
Luxembourg 217
Germany 120
Canada 119
Austria 109
Belgium 63
Isle of Man 24
France 23
Switzerland 14
Portugal 9
Denmark 8
Russia 6
Poland 3
Italy 2
South Korea 2
Czechia 1
Latvia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.