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Platypalpus optivus

75Records since 2000
JunePeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun33
Jul22
Aug5
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England10
2Devon England8
3Powys Wales6
4Worcestershire England4
5Aberdeen City Scotland4
6Highland Scotland3
7Dorset England2
8Gwynedd Wales2
9Oxfordshire England1
10Surrey England1
11Northamptonshire England1
12Doncaster England1
13Ceredigion Wales1
14Monmouthshire Wales1
38 England8 Scotland11 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
75
Peak month
June
Counties with records
14
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
79
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Name with authority
Platypalpus optivus (Collin, 1926)
Described
1926

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14024324 · GBIF 1457391