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Phyllodromia melanocephala

424Records since 2000
JunePeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May77
Jun154
Jul120
Aug8
Sep12
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England99
2Norfolk England69
3Worcestershire England25
4Argyll and Bute Scotland20
5Devon England18
6Gwynedd Wales16
7Highland Scotland14
8Powys Wales11
9Ceredigion Wales8
10Monmouthshire Wales8
11Derry City and Strabane Northern Ireland8
12Swansea Wales7
13Kent England6
14Dorset England6
15Carmarthenshire Wales6
204 England44 Scotland59 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
424
Peak month
June
Counties with records
35
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
422
Most recorded in
Somerset, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Empididae
Genus
Phyllodromia
Name with authority
Phyllodromia melanocephala (Fabricius, 1794)
Described
1794

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13980267 · GBIF 5079169