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Epistrophe melanostoma

152Records since 2000
MayPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr65
May81
Jun5
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Oxfordshire England28
2Milton Keynes England12
3Kent England7
4Cambridgeshire England6
5Suffolk England5
6Surrey England5
7Essex England5
8Norfolk England4
9Northamptonshire England2
10Sheffield England2
11Brighton and Hove England2
12Dorset England1
13Medway England1
152 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
152
Peak month
May
Counties with records
13
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
128
Conservation designations
Rare and scarce (non-IUCN status)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Epistrophe
Name with authority
Epistrophe melanostoma (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Described
1843

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5383639 · GBIF 5766583