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Dark-winged Black

Pachygaster atra

2,393Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
62Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr2
May12
Jun672
Jul1,427
Aug135
Sep3
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England178
2Surrey England166
3Kent England163
4Cambridgeshire England152
5Devon England116
6Worcestershire England114
7Suffolk England61
8Dorset England57
9Oxfordshire England53
10Northamptonshire England49
11Essex England45
12Cornwall England40
13Lincolnshire England30
14North Yorkshire England30
15East Riding of Yorkshire England29
2,255 England4 Scotland71 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 62 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,393
Peak month
July
Counties with records
62
Scientific name
Pachygaster atra
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,315
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Pachygaster
Name with authority
Pachygaster atra Panzer, 1797
Described
1797
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1543096 · GBIF 1579189