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Dolichopus simplex

326Records since 2000
JunePeak month
29Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May4
Jun185
Jul70
Aug26
Sep14
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England81
2Gwynedd Wales45
3Cornwall England34
4Ceredigion Wales19
5Stirling Scotland19
6Devon England17
7Somerset England16
8Highland Scotland12
9Swansea Wales12
10Cambridgeshire England9
11Carmarthenshire Wales8
12Dorset England6
13Perth and Kinross Scotland4
14Orkney Islands Scotland4
15Worcestershire England3
179 England53 Scotland93 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 29 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
326
Peak month
June
Counties with records
29
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
565
Most recorded in
Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Dolichopus
Name with authority
Dolichopus simplex Meigen, 1824
Described
1824

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13927949 · GBIF 1605540