Species Detail - Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Carrion Beetles of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Phosphuga atrata
Black Snail Beetle
NHMSYS0021366829
RecommendedWell-formed
Black Carrion Beetle , Phosphuga atrata Linnaeus, 1758, Silpha atrata Linnaeus, 1758, Silpha atrata var. brunnea Herbst, 1793, Silpha brunnea Herbst, 1793, Silpha paedemontana Fabricius, 1775
N/A
phatr
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
Species
28
25
23
26/09/1993
28/08/2023
10 March (recorded in 2024)
9 November (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Carrion Beetles of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/298/Species/308423>