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Murky-legged Black Legionnaire

Beris chalybata

3,359Records since 2000
MayPeak month
104Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr333
May2,277
Jun495
Jul69
Aug6
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England253
2Surrey England179
3Devon England154
4Kent England141
5Norfolk England109
6North Yorkshire England94
7Powys Wales89
8East Riding of Yorkshire England73
9Oxfordshire England66
10Dorset England65
11Northamptonshire England64
12Cambridgeshire England51
13Warrington England50
14York England46
15Cumbria England45
2,816 England221 Scotland197 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,359
Peak month
May
Counties with records
104
Scientific name
Beris chalybata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,174
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Beris
Name with authority
Beris chalybata (Forster, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
31

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4891868 · GBIF 1580608