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Limnophyes prolongatus

1,028Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
25Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan198
Feb161
Mar91
Apr34
May86
Jun73
Jul59
Aug63
Sep33
Oct20
Nov85
Dec125

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Carmarthenshire Wales237
2North Yorkshire England164
3Milton Keynes England85
4Devon England71
5Aberdeenshire Scotland66
6Dorset England63
7North Lincolnshire England26
8Cambridgeshire England25
9Doncaster England24
10Argyll and Bute Scotland22
11Essex England17
12Suffolk England16
13Oxfordshire England14
14Highland Scotland8
15Moray Scotland8
288 England92 Scotland119 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,028
Peak month
January
Counties with records
25
Group
True flies
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Limnophyes
Name with authority
Limnophyes prolongatus (Kieffer, 1921)
Described
1921
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13851036 · GBIF 1454445