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Platycheirus europaeus

123Records since 2000
JunePeak month
28Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May13
Jun39
Jul32
Aug20
Sep7
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland19
2Norfolk England11
3Cambridgeshire England6
4Stirling Scotland6
5Cumbria England5
6Argyll and Bute Scotland4
7Cornwall England3
8North Yorkshire England3
9North Ayrshire Scotland3
10Dorset England2
11Essex England2
12Worcestershire England2
13Powys Wales2
14Perth and Kinross Scotland2
15Swansea Wales2
78 England36 Scotland9 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
123
Peak month
June
Counties with records
28
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
123
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus europaeus Goeldlin, Maibach & Speight, 1990
Described
1990

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2745826 · GBIF 4516756