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Platycheirus peltatus Group

Platycheirus peltatus

609Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
67Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr26
May103
Jun106
Jul78
Aug142
Sep58
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England78
2Cambridgeshire England26
3East Lothian Scotland24
4Suffolk England23
5Northamptonshire England23
6Highland Scotland22
7East Riding of Yorkshire England20
8Norfolk England18
9Dorset England17
10Gloucestershire England17
11Oxfordshire England13
12Cumbria England12
13Lincolnshire England10
14North Yorkshire England9
15Cheshire East England7
467 England105 Scotland31 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 67 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
609
Peak month
August
Counties with records
67
Scientific name
Platycheirus peltatus
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
507
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus peltatus (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1173807 · GBIF 1543292