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Little Snipefly

Chrysopilus asiliformis

2,646Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
68Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May26
Jun688
Jul1,603
Aug200
Sep17
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England253
2Norfolk England246
3Kent England161
4Dorset England148
5Cambridgeshire England119
6Surrey England104
7Worcestershire England101
8Somerset England54
9Carmarthenshire Wales47
10Cornwall England43
11Oxfordshire England42
12Essex England41
13Suffolk England40
14Monmouthshire Wales40
15Herefordshire, County of England32
2,377 England195 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 68 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,646
Peak month
July
Counties with records
68
Scientific name
Chrysopilus asiliformis
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,497
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Rhagionidae
Genus
Chrysopilus
Name with authority
Chrysopilus asiliformis (Preyssler, 1791)
Described
1791
Contributing datasets
20

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5114909 · GBIF 5766106