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Platycheirus splendidus

79Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr11
May20
Jun12
Jul8
Aug0
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England22
2East Riding of Yorkshire England6
3Highland Scotland5
4Gloucestershire England3
5Cornwall England2
6Pembrokeshire Wales2
7East Lothian Scotland2
8Sheffield England2
9Stirling Scotland2
10Oxfordshire England1
11Surrey England1
12Devon England1
13Lincolnshire England1
14Cumbria England1
15Powys Wales1
64 England11 Scotland4 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
79
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
74
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Platycheirus
Name with authority
Platycheirus splendidus Rotheray, 1998
Described
1998

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7202579 · GBIF 1543096