Micropeplus staphylinoides (Marsham, 1802)
This is another very small Staphylinid, found in a leaf litter sample taken from along an old railway line at Market Warsop. There appear to be few recent county records, with certainly five all coming from scattered locations in the northern-half of Nottinghamshire.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Micropeplus staphylinoides
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Andy Godfrey (2006 Sherwood Heath SSSI invertebrate survey). Stuart Warrington. The National Trust (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Liam Andrews. Peter Kirby (Ploughman Wood Invertebrate survey 1998 on behalf of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust). 

You can contribute your own records to help us gain an accurate status of this species in Nottinghamshire. Send an Excel spreadsheet of your records via the 'contact us' link at the top of the homepage.

Updated January 2022

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