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Dark giant horsefly

Tabanus sudeticus

1,197Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr0
May2
Jun231
Jul718
Aug211
Sep8
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland183
2Cumbria England111
3Argyll and Bute Scotland60
4Gwynedd Wales54
5Devon England52
6Powys Wales52
7Dumfries and Galloway Scotland51
8Worcestershire England45
9Carmarthenshire Wales43
10Swansea Wales36
11Pembrokeshire Wales35
12Surrey England24
13Cornwall England23
14Ceredigion Wales23
15Stirling Scotland23
456 England390 Scotland349 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,197
Peak month
July
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Tabanus sudeticus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,105
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Tabanidae
Genus
Tabanus
Name with authority
Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842
Described
1842
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q20693 · GBIF 1500013