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Melanochaeta pubescens

184Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May12
Jun55
Jul84
Aug15
Sep6
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England83
2Dorset England52
3Powys Wales7
4Swansea Wales7
5Essex England4
6Oxfordshire England3
7Worcestershire England3
8Somerset England3
9Devon England2
10Suffolk England1
11Kent England1
12Ceredigion Wales1
13Carmarthenshire Wales1
14Medway England1
15Southend-on-Sea England1
168 England16 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
184
Peak month
July
Counties with records
15
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Dorset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Melanochaeta
Name with authority
Melanochaeta pubescens (Thalhammer, 1898)
Described
1898

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13848876 · GBIF 5062735