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Megaselia tarsalis

360Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
21Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb2
Mar16
Apr20
May15
Jun63
Jul66
Aug152
Sep9
Oct12
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England28
2Devon England13
3Carmarthenshire Wales12
4Aberdeen City Scotland12
5Suffolk England8
6Doncaster England8
7Surrey England6
8Essex England6
9North Yorkshire England6
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland6
11Oxfordshire England5
12Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland4
13Dorset England3
14City of Edinburgh Scotland2
15Argyll and Bute Scotland2
243 England18 Scotland6 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 21 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
360
Peak month
August
Counties with records
21
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
257
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Phoridae
Genus
Megaselia
Name with authority
Megaselia tarsalis (Wood, 1910)
Described
1910

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14121052 · GBIF 1546971