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Delicate Soldier

Oxycera nigricornis

658Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr10
May7
Jun158
Jul405
Aug23
Sep3
Oct6
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England135
2Dorset England55
3Devon England44
4Cambridgeshire England37
5Worcestershire England33
6North Yorkshire England27
7Gwynedd Wales25
8Oxfordshire England22
9Northamptonshire England22
10Kent England21
11Suffolk England19
12Essex England12
13Somerset England10
14Herefordshire, County of England8
15Surrey England5
596 England50 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
658
Peak month
July
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Oxycera nigricornis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
643
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Oxycera
Name with authority
Oxycera nigricornis Olivier, 1811
Described
1811
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7115880 · GBIF 1578078