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A Soldier Fly

Oxycera pygmaea

413Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar2
Apr2
May24
Jun132
Jul202
Aug33
Sep4
Oct3
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales90
2North Yorkshire England47
3Dorset England39
4Cumbria England31
5Devon England24
6Gwynedd Wales22
7Oxfordshire England19
8Norfolk England12
9Argyll and Bute Scotland12
10Ceredigion Wales12
11Carmarthenshire Wales7
12Conwy Wales6
13Highland Scotland4
14Lincolnshire England4
15Powys Wales4
214 England27 Scotland172 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
413
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
Scientific name
Oxycera pygmaea
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
410
Most recorded in
Isle of Anglesey
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Oxycera
Name with authority
Oxycera pygmaea (Fallén, 1817)
Described
1817

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7115882 · GBIF 1577975