Occurrence record: 40783212

Human observation of Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) | Gorse Shieldbug recorded on 2025-04-06

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Overview

Occurrence ID	40783212
Basis of record	Human observation
Scientific name	Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) - Gorse Shieldbug
Licence	CC-BY
Record Date	2025-04-06 (Day)
Locality	Wanstead Flats
Location	Grid Reference: TQ40598662 Latitude: 51.560988 Longitude: 0.026843
Recorded by	Heal, James
Identified by	Heal, James
Identification verification status	Accepted - correct

Dataset

Data partner	Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (Shieldbugs & allied species)
Data resource	Shieldbug and allied species records, from iRecord
Bibliographic citation	Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme. [Date of download] Shieldbug records verified via iRecord.
Collection code	iRecord \| General data

Abundance

Individual count	1

Organism

Life stage	adult
Sex	not recorded

Event

Occurrence date	2025-04-06
Date precision	Day
Event date	2025-04-06
Event remarks	On Gorse and bramble
Event ID	28999460

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) Supplied scientific name "Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)"
Common name	Gorse Shieldbug
Taxon rank	species
Name match metric	Taxon GUID match The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species	Piezodorus lituratus
Genus	Piezodorus
Family	Pentatomidae
Order	Hemiptera
Class	Insecta
Phylum	Arthropoda
Kingdom	Animalia
Taxon ID	NHMSYS0020309665
Taxonomic issue	No issues
Habitat taxon	terrestrial
Establishment means taxon	Native
Scientific name authorship	(Fabricius, 1794)

Geospatial

Country	United Kingdom
State/Province	England
Locality	Wanstead Flats
Latitude (WGS84)	51.560988
Longitude (WGS84)	0.026843
Geodetic datum	EPSG:4326
Coordinate uncertainty in meters	7.1
Bbox	51.560944,0.026769,51.561031,0.026917
Grid size in meters	10
Easting	540590
Northing	186620
Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((0.02677 51.56094,0.02677 51.56103,0.02692 51.56103,0.02692 51.56094,0.02677 51.56094))
Grid reference	TQ40598662

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Latitude Longitude calculated from grid reference	Warning
Country inferred from coordinates	Warning
Show/Hide 14 passed properties
Basis of record not supplied	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Invalid collection date	Passed
Incomplete collection date	Passed
First of the month	Passed
Missing name of person who identified the specimen/observation	Passed
Data are generalised	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Name not recognised	Passed
Zero latitude	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not valid	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty not specified	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Show/Hide 2 missing properties
Missing catalogue number	Missing
Decimal coordinates not supplied	Missing
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Coordinates dont match supplied state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Image URL invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Cultivated / escapee	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collector name unparseable	Unchecked (lack of data)
Homonym issues with supplied name	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Higher taxonomy missing	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates are zero	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing taxonomic rank	Unchecked (lack of data)
Occurrence status assumed to be present	Unchecked (lack of data)
Collection code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied country not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted from UTM	Unchecked (lack of data)
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid scientific name	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing coordinate precision	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision not valid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Name not in national checklists	Unchecked (lack of data)
Outside expert range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unparseable verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative for taxon	Unchecked (lack of data)
Suspected outlier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeference date	Unchecked (lack of data)
unrecognisedOccurrenceStatus	Unchecked (lack of data)
Day and month transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Taxonomic issue	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are out of range for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unable to convert UTM coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Possible duplicate record	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced protocol	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Unchecked (lack of data)
Media unrepresentative	Unchecked (lack of data)
Latitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates derived from verbatim coordinates	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Kingdom not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Habitat incorrect for species	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates centre of country	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced sources	Unchecked (lack of data)
Grid reference calculated using latitude and longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)
Precision / range mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Date precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing name of person who georeferenced the occurrence	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing an identification qualifier	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Badly formed altitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing georeferenced verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Unrecognised ID verification status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth out of range	Unchecked (lack of data)
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinates are transposed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Missing identification references	Unchecked (lack of data)
Zero longitude	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
coordinatesNotCentreOfGrid	Unchecked (lack of data)
No collection date supplied	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Longitude is negated	Unchecked (lack of data)
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Invalid geodetic datum	Unchecked (lack of data)
Institution code not recognised	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

England
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (England)	City of Peterborough (B)
National Character Areas (England)	Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands
Non-Metropolitan Counties and Greater London (England)	Greater London Authority
Wood Pasture and Parkland Inventory (England)	Wood-pasture
GB
Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain)	City of Edinburgh
GB countries	Scotland
Greenspace (GB)	Public Park Or Garden
Ordnance Survey Grids - 100km	SS
Ordnance Survey Grids - 10km	SS43
Ordnance Survey Grids - 50km	SSSW
Watsonian Vice Counties (GB)	Midlothian
Watsonian Vice Counties – 12 mile (GB)	North Devon
Watsonian Vice Counties – 3 mile (GB)	North Devon
UK
Countries with sea areas	England
Local Environmental Records Centre Boundaries of the UK	Devon Biodiversity Records Centre
UK, IoM, Channel Islands
Hexagonal grid for reporting - 10km	13935
Square grid for reporting - 10km	20868
World base layer	United Kingdom

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value
Classification	Species		Piezodorus lituratus
	Name match metric		taxonIdMatch
	Vernacular name	Gorse Shieldbug	Gorse Shieldbug
	Scientific name	Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)	Piezodorus lituratus
	Class		Insecta
	Genus id		NHMSYS0020309664
	Taxon concept ID		NHMSYS0020309665
	Kingdom id		NBNSYS0100001342
	Left		69906
	Habitat taxon		terrestrial
	Phylum		Arthropoda
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Class id		NBNSYS0000160231
	Genus		Piezodorus
	Phylum id		NHMSYS0020470198
	Order		Hemiptera
	Taxon rank		species
	Establishment means taxon		Native
	Order id		NHMSYS0000841076
	Taxonomic issue		["noIssue"]
	Species id		NHMSYS0020309665
	Family id		NBNSYS0000160651
	Taxon ID	NHMSYS0020309665
	Family		Pentatomidae
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Scientific name authorship		(Fabricius, 1794)
	Right		69906
Event	Date precision		Day
	Event date	2025-04-06	2025-04-06
	Year		2025
	Event remarks	On Gorse and bramble
	Day		06
	Month		04
	Event ID	28999460
Identification	Abcd identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification qualifier		Not provided
	Identification verification status	Accepted - correct	Accepted - correct
	Identified by	Heal, James
Occurrence	Occurrence ID	40783212
	Basis of record	HumanObservation	HumanObservation
	Recorded by	Heal, James	Heal, J. James
	Sex	not recorded
	Rights holder	Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme, and Biological Records Centre
	Individual count	1
	Dataset name	Shieldbug & allied species records, from iRecord
	Life stage	adult
	Occurrence status	present	present
	Collection code	iRecord \| General data
Attribution	Data resource		Shieldbug and allied species records, from iRecord
	Data provider uid		dp108
	License		CC-BY
	Data Resource ID	dr1215
	Data partner		Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (Shieldbugs & allied species)
Location	Decimal latitude		51.560988
	Bbox		51.560944,0.026769,51.561031,0.026917
	Grid size in meters		10
	Easting		540590
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10	7.1
	Northing		186620
	Grid reference wkt	POLYGON((0.02677 51.56094,0.02677 51.56103,0.02692 51.56103,0.02692 51.56094,0.02677 51.56094))	POLYGON((0.02677 51.56094,0.02677 51.56103,0.02692 51.56103,0.02692 51.56094,0.02677 51.56094))
	Country		United Kingdom
	Grid reference	TQ40598662	TQ40598662
	State province		England
	Decimal longitude		0.026843
	Locality	Wanstead Flats	Wanstead Flats
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

Occurrence record: 40783212

Overview

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