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Megaselia longicostalis

399Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb6
Mar28
Apr15
May40
Jun48
Jul44
Aug87
Sep59
Oct40
Nov20
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeen City Scotland72
2North Yorkshire England33
3Gwynedd Wales23
4Suffolk England21
5Cambridgeshire England20
6Devon England17
7Highland Scotland10
8Argyll and Bute Scotland10
9Milton Keynes England8
10Aberdeenshire Scotland7
11Isle of Anglesey Wales7
12Moray Scotland7
13Doncaster England5
14Oxfordshire England4
15Dorset England3
87 England82 Scotland49 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
399
Peak month
August
Counties with records
24
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
143
Most recorded in
Aberdeen City
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Phoridae
Genus
Megaselia
Name with authority
Megaselia longicostalis (Wood, 1912)
Described
1912

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14121106 · GBIF 1546520