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Platypalpus longicornis

273Records since 2000
MayPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr0
May97
Jun67
Jul16
Aug29
Sep33
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland34
2North Yorkshire England30
3Worcestershire England17
4Cambridgeshire England14
5City of Edinburgh Scotland14
6Dorset England12
7Aberdeen City Scotland12
8Devon England11
9Highland Scotland8
10Gloucestershire England7
11Suffolk England6
12Cumbria England5
13Powys Wales5
14Doncaster England5
15Oxfordshire England4
113 England52 Scotland15 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
273
Peak month
May
Counties with records
35
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
333
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Name with authority
Platypalpus longicornis (Meigen, 1822)
Described
1822

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14024375 · GBIF 1457329