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Species
Groups
By month
Families
Counties
Designations
Most recorded
Year described
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Year described
1830
Described in 1830
217
species
1829
1831
European Crane Fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
5,709
Othomaera othonis
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,405
Urban bluebottle blowfly, European blowfly
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
3,361
Fragilaria capucina
Group
Seaweeds and algae
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,037
Schwenckfeldina carbonaria
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,654
Anthomyia liturata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,505
Chaoborus flavicans
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,393
Culicoides chiopterus
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
1,181
Clear Glass Snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
1,147
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
1,033
Degeer's Thickjaw
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
1,024
Crassicorophium bonellii
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
932
Diplonevra nitidula
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
924
Nototropis swammerdamei
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
835
Dasytes aeratus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
825
Notiphila riparia
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
794
Silky Snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
786
Suillia affinis
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
760
Opetia nigra
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
756
Megaselia pumila
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
752
Thaumatomyia notata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
752
Stout Bobtail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
728
Caricea erythrocera
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
701
Orange Pine Twist
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
678
Antocha vitripennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
672
Agriotes acuminatus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
612
Long-horned Black Legionnaire
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
609
Ptychoptera lacustris
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
596
Latticed Sheet-web Weaver
Group
Spiders
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
571
Eurithia anthophila
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
551
Morellia aenescens
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
539
Coenosia testacea
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
534
Tipula scripta
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
533
Copromyza stercoraria
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
531
Cerylon ferrugineum
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
520
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
512
Cyclamen Tortrix
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
497
Orange-shinned Blacklet
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
489
Patagonian Blenny
Group
Fish
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
487
Micrambe ulicis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
469
Gonia picea
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
460
Trichina clavipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
454
Lotophila atra
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
446
Spelobia clunipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
428
Melinda cognata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
427
Panzeria anthophila
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
411
Tephritis neesii
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
406
Cerodontha muscina
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
403
Cerodontha atra
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
398
Allophyla atricornis
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
396
Diastata adusta
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
382
Bellardia vulgaris
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
381
Diplonevra funebris
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
381
Cryptonevra flavitarsis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
376
Phagocata vitta
Group
Flatworms
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
375
Zonitoides excavatus
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
365
Azelia nebulosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
362
A water beetle
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
357
Hydraena testacea
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
355
Meligethes nigrescens
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
347
Microlinyphia pusilla
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
341
Trigonometopus frontalis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
341
Coenia curvicauda
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
336
Atomaria atricapilla
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
331
Neomyia viridescens
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
327
Asteia amoena
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
325
Dicranomyia mitis
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
325
Atomaria testacea
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
321
Idioptera pulchella
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
321
Suillia notata
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
319
Chlorops hypostigma
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
311
Clusiodes albimanus
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
300
Hebecnema nigra
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
297
Tricimba cincta
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
289
Coenosia femoralis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
287
Black lace-weaver
Group
Spiders
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
272
Lydella grisescens
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
263
Tetanocera arrogans
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
262
Protophormia terraenovae
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
259
Chamaemyia herbarum
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
256
Agromyza anthracina
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
244
Aethes rubigana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
236
Agromyza nana
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
232
Tipula luteipennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
227
Coelotes atropos
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
218
Phloiophilus edwardsii
Group
Beetles
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
218
Chaetostomella cylindrica
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
216
Dark-veined Emerald-bottle
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
216
Linyphia hortensis
Group
Spiders
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
209
Scatella paludum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
209
Pelogenia arenosa
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
206
Sphaerophoria rueppellii
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
202
Chaetocladius perennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
February
Records since 2000
197
Meromyza pratorum
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
197
Asteia concinna
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
195
Phytomyza nigra
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
190
Campichoeta obscuripennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
189
Bibio varipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
186
Enicmus testaceus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
179
Macropipus tuberculatus
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
176
Nicrophorus interruptus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
176
Brevicornu sericoma
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
170
Plaited snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
162
Lipara lucens
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
157
Clusia flava
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
153
Phytomyza agromyzina
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
152
Suillia humilis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
150
Dichrorampha alpinana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
149
Micropsectra pallidula
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
149
Megaselia ruficornis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
144
Parydra pusilla
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
143
Drosophila phalerata
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
141
Pandemis cinnamomeana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
141
Chamaemyia polystigma
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
140
Narrow-mouthed whorl snail
Group
Molluscs
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
139
Parydra littoralis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
139
Pedicia occulta
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
138
Aedes annulipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
137
Hylyphantes graminicola
Group
Spiders
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
137
Calamoncosis aprica
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
135
Diplonevra concinna
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
135
Cetema elongatum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
134
Cryptonevra diadema
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
131
Emmesomyia grisea
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
130
Little Swift
Group
Birds
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
130
Spelobia ochripes
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
130
Atheta castanoptera
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
129
Philotelma nigripenne
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
129
Liriomyza amoena
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
125
Platystethus nodifrons
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
124
Apherusa jurinei
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
123
Thaumatomyia glabra
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
121
Hemerodromia raptoria
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
120
Dicranomyia sericata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
118
Dioxyna bidentis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
117
Atomaria linearis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
116
Cricotopus rufiventris
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
113
Ditrichophora calceata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
112
Dixa nebulosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
110
Megaselia lutea
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
108
Chlorops calceatus
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
106
Liriomyza pusio
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
105
Trichina flavipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
102
Floodwater Mosquito
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
101
Macrocera vittata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
101
Chironomus aprilinus
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
100
Cerodontha luctuosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
99
Morpholeria ruficornis
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
98
Crumomyia fimetaria
Group
True flies
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
96
Campichoeta punctum
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
95
Harmothoe lunulata
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
95
Sepsis thoracica
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
93
Chlorops scalaris
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
92
Oscinella pusilla
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
90
Amauromyza flavifrons
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
89
Diastata costata
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
89
Agromyza nigripes
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
88
Cerodontha bimaculata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
87
Rhopalopterum anthracinum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
87
Scatella subguttata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
87
Palloptera modesta
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
86
Amoebaleria caesia
Group
True flies
Peak month
November
Records since 2000
85
Amischa bifoveolata
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
84
Liriomyza strigata
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
84
Thereva cinifera
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
84
Agromyza mobilis
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
83
Coenosia atra
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
83
Nehemitropia lividipennis
Group
Beetles
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
81
Parydra quadripunctata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
81
Delphacodes venosus
Group
True bugs
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
80
Cerodontha fulvipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
79
Pelidnoptera fuscipennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
79
Hecamede albicans
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
77
Liriomyza pusilla
Group
True flies
Peak month
October
Records since 2000
77
Xanthomus pallidus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
77
Limosina silvatica
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
76
Malmgrenia lunulata
Group
Worms (annelids)
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
76
Scoliocentra villosa
Group
True flies
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
76
Triphleba hyalinata
Group
True flies
Peak month
March
Records since 2000
76
Gnypeta carbonaria
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
74
Megamelus notulus
Group
True bugs
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
74
Linnaemya tessellans
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
73
Otites guttata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
73
Bryophaenocladius ictericus
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
72
Calythea nigricans
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
72
Microtendipes confinis
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
72
Oxypoda haemorrhoa
Group
Beetles
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
72
Spania nigra
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
70
Thricops nigrifrons
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
70
Purse-web spider
Group
Spiders
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
69
Meligethes flavimanus
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
68
Symmerus annulatus
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
65
Lesteva pubescens
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
64
Atomaria nigrirostris
Group
Beetles
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
63
Clusiodes ruficollis
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
63
Borophaga incrassata
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
62
Phaonia perdita
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
62
Endochironomus albipennis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
61
Oxypoda procerula
Group
Beetles
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
61
Pseudonapomyza atra
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
61
Melinda gentilis
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
60
Orthonevra geniculata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
60
Phytomyptera cingulata
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
60
Quedius picipes
Group
Beetles
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
60
A hermit crab
Group
Crustaceans
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
58
Crumomyia nitida
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
57
Crumomyia pedestris
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
57
Prochyliza varipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
57
Chaetorellia jaceae
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
56
Fruit fly
Group
True flies
Peak month
September
Records since 2000
56
Lasiosina cinctipes
Group
True flies
Peak month
July
Records since 2000
56
Orygma luctuosum
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
56
Ancylis myrtillana
Group
Butterflies and moths
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
53
Neoleria inscripta
Group
True flies
Peak month
April
Records since 2000
53
Rhamphomyia erythrophthalma
Group
True flies
Peak month
August
Records since 2000
52
Suillia ustulata
Group
True flies
Peak month
May
Records since 2000
52
Tetanocera silvatica
Group
True flies
Peak month
June
Records since 2000
51