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Opetia nigra

756Records since 2000
JunePeak month
55Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan11
Feb17
Mar29
Apr119
May134
Jun141
Jul61
Aug29
Sep23
Oct32
Nov40
Dec52

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England67
2Warrington England65
3Devon England50
4Norfolk England45
5Cambridgeshire England35
6Kent England24
7Somerset England22
8Gwynedd Wales22
9East Riding of Yorkshire England20
10Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland18
11Highland Scotland16
12Milton Keynes England16
13Suffolk England14
14Carmarthenshire Wales11
15Aberdeenshire Scotland10
485 England34 Scotland46 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 55 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
756
Peak month
June
Counties with records
55
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
566
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Warrington, Devon
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Opetiidae
Genus
Opetia
Name with authority
Opetia nigra Meigen, 1830
Described
1830
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14117004 · GBIF 1568085