Ischnomera cyanea (Fabricius, 1792)
A distinctive species with a scattered distribution in Nottinghamshire. Records come from Langar and Clifton in the south of the county, to as far north as Clumber (Binding, A. and Binding, A.E.) with a record from Brackenhurst near Southwell in 2014 (Heeney, W.). In the UK, Ischnomera cyanea has a southerly distribution, with Nottinghamshire more or less marking its northerly limit.
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Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Ischnomera cyanea
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register 2006. NBN Gateway. Wil Heeney. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Pauline Bradford. Allan and Annette Binding (Clumber Park invertebrate records). Charlie Barnes. Clumber Park SSSI Saproxylic Invertebrate Survey - A report to Natural England by EMEC Ecology 2019. Nick and Samantha Brownley.

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 2024
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