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Megaselia hirticrus

399Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar8
Apr48
May33
Jun68
Jul149
Aug50
Sep26
Oct9
Nov2
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England47
2Carmarthenshire Wales42
3Oxfordshire England34
4North Yorkshire England30
5Suffolk England25
6Cambridgeshire England23
7Argyll and Bute Scotland12
8Essex England10
9Aberdeenshire Scotland8
10Doncaster England8
11Moray Scotland7
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
13Highland Scotland5
14North Lincolnshire England4
15Aberdeen City Scotland3
188 England22 Scotland21 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
399
Peak month
July
Counties with records
17
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
228
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Phoridae
Genus
Megaselia
Name with authority
Megaselia hirticrus (Schmitz, 1918)
Described
1918

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14121401 · GBIF 1546799