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Platypalpus exilis

120Records since 2000
MayPeak month
16Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May47
Jun40
Jul11
Aug0
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England18
2City of Edinburgh Scotland18
3Aberdeen City Scotland17
4Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland10
5Swansea Wales4
6Highland Scotland2
7Essex England2
8Argyll and Bute Scotland2
9Doncaster England2
10Carmarthenshire Wales2
11Cambridgeshire England1
12Norfolk England1
13Oxfordshire England1
14Surrey England1
15Somerset England1
35 England41 Scotland6 Wales5 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
120
Peak month
May
Counties with records
16
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
91
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Name with authority
Platypalpus exilis (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14024412 · GBIF 1457960