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Hercostomus assimilis

81Records since 2000
JunePeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun42
Jul26
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England36
2Cornwall England9
3Norfolk England7
4Kent England6
5Carmarthenshire Wales4
6Swansea Wales4
7Worcestershire England3
8Somerset England3
9Ceredigion Wales2
10Highland Scotland1
11Aberdeenshire Scotland1
12Conwy Wales1
68 England2 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
81
Peak month
June
Counties with records
12
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Hercostomus
Name with authority
Hercostomus assimilis (Staeger, 1842)
Described
1842

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14524767 · GBIF 1602038