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Kite-tailed Robberfly

Machimus atricapillus

4,398Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
61Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May19
Jun240
Jul1,302
Aug1,873
Sep715
Oct68
Nov1
Dec1

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England434
2Norfolk England235
3Kent England202
4Worcestershire England164
5Devon England158
6Dorset England136
7Cambridgeshire England120
8Gloucestershire England100
9Suffolk England93
10Oxfordshire England75
11East Riding of Yorkshire England54
12Lincolnshire England48
13Northamptonshire England47
14Essex England44
15Gwynedd Wales43
4,126 England20 Scotland211 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,398
Peak month
August
Counties with records
61
Scientific name
Machimus atricapillus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,277
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Machimus
Name with authority
Machimus atricapillus (Fallén, 1814)
Described
1814
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q9394415 · GBIF 1656153