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Melangyna quadrimaculata

93Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
13Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb7
Mar66
Apr11
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Lothian Scotland31
2Highland Scotland14
3Worcestershire England7
4Midlothian Scotland6
5East Riding of Yorkshire England4
6Oxfordshire England2
7North Yorkshire England2
8Fife Scotland2
9Scottish Borders Scotland2
10Telford and Wrekin England2
11Cambridgeshire England1
12Cumbria England1
13Sheffield England1
38 England55 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 13 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
93
Peak month
March
Counties with records
13
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
71
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Melangyna
Name with authority
Melangyna quadrimaculata (Verrall, 1873)
Described
1873

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2748556 · GBIF 1536689