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A cranefly

Tanyptera atrata

121Records since 2000
MayPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May72
Jun23
Jul2
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England25
2Gwynedd Wales24
3Cheshire East England7
4Wrexham Wales6
5Aberdeenshire Scotland4
6Telford and Wrekin England4
7Cumbria England3
8Surrey England2
9Highland Scotland2
10North Yorkshire England2
11Nottinghamshire England2
12Argyll and Bute Scotland2
13Cambridgeshire England1
14Somerset England1
15Northamptonshire England1
79 England10 Scotland32 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
121
Peak month
May
Counties with records
18
Scientific name
Tanyptera atrata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
119
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tipulidae
Genus
Tanyptera
Name with authority
Tanyptera atrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1580364 · GBIF 5064453