Erichsonius cinerascens (Gravenhorst, 1802) 
Possibly a rare Staphylinid, but more likely to be somewhat under-recorded in Nottinghamshire. Staphylinidae are notoriously difficult to identify and its best that a specimen should (ideally) be taken. There appear to be just a couple of county records, with Bob Merritt recording it at Mattersey Hill Marsh in 2004, before several turned up in a wet moss sample from Warsop Main Pit Top in May 2020.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Erichsonius cinerascens 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Bob Merrit. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton.

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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