Species Detail - Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from 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
23
18
15
24/05/2003
10/03/2024
10 March (recorded in 2024)
9 November (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata), accessed 28 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/308423>