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Hydrophorus oceanus

106Records since 2000
JunePeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun44
Jul35
Aug10
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England13
2Swansea Wales7
3Cornwall England6
4Essex England6
5Lincolnshire England6
6Gwynedd Wales6
7Cumbria England4
8Pembrokeshire Wales4
9Highland Scotland3
10Devon England3
11Isle of Anglesey Wales3
12Cambridgeshire England2
13Suffolk England2
14Somerset England2
15Ceredigion Wales2
73 England6 Scotland27 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
106
Peak month
June
Counties with records
22
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
164
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Hydrophorus
Name with authority
Hydrophorus oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
Described
1838

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13953637 · GBIF 5084484