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Platycheirus occultus

304Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
44Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr14
May21
Jun97
Jul104
Aug24
Sep5
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England39
2Worcestershire England27
3Highland Scotland24
4Swansea Wales17
5Gwynedd Wales15
6Ceredigion Wales13
7Cambridgeshire England10
8Powys Wales9
9Oxfordshire England7
10Cumbria England6
11Cheshire East England6
12Devon England5
13North Yorkshire England5
14Milton Keynes England5
15Conwy Wales4
194 England40 Scotland70 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
304
Peak month
July
Counties with records
44
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
304
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus occultus Goeldlin de Tiefenau, Maibach & Speight, 1990
Described
1990

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7202577 · GBIF 1543075