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Elachiptera megaspis

95Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
18Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb2
Mar0
Apr2
May2
Jun14
Jul24
Aug19
Sep5
Oct3
Nov13
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Swansea Wales17
2Dorset England13
3Devon England11
4Cornwall England9
5Wrexham Wales7
6Norfolk England6
7Pembrokeshire Wales5
8Worcestershire England4
9Oxfordshire England2
10Suffolk England1
11Essex England1
12North Yorkshire England1
13Northamptonshire England1
14Gwynedd Wales1
15Powys Wales1
53 England39 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 18 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
95
Peak month
July
Counties with records
18
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
93
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Elachiptera
Name with authority
Elachiptera megaspis (Loew, 1858)
Described
1858

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13848861 · GBIF 1490796