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Four-barred Major

Oxycera rara

834Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
57Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar4
Apr2
May20
Jun197
Jul479
Aug52
Sep5
Oct19
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England60
2Norfolk England59
3Dorset England44
4East Riding of Yorkshire England36
5Surrey England28
6Devon England23
7Gloucestershire England22
8Ceredigion Wales21
9Kent England18
10Cambridgeshire England17
11Suffolk England17
12Swansea Wales17
13Essex England13
14Isle of Anglesey Wales13
15Oxfordshire England12
727 England8 Scotland97 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 57 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
834
Peak month
July
Counties with records
57
Scientific name
Oxycera rara
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
811
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Oxycera
Name with authority
Oxycera rara (Scopoli, 1763)
Described
1763
Contributing datasets
13

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1167973 · GBIF 1578093