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Psectrotanypus varius

984Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
43Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb14
Mar82
Apr472
May142
Jun55
Jul91
Aug73
Sep35
Oct13
Nov5
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Essex England73
2North Yorkshire England52
3Doncaster England39
4Carmarthenshire Wales34
5Devon England32
6Norfolk England25
7Oxfordshire England24
8Cambridgeshire England18
9Suffolk England12
10Kent England11
11Northamptonshire England7
12Pembrokeshire Wales7
13Gloucestershire England6
14East Riding of Yorkshire England5
15Powys Wales5
506 England18 Scotland33 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 43 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
984
Peak month
April
Counties with records
43
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
527
Most recorded in
Essex, North Yorkshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Psectrotanypus
Name with authority
Psectrotanypus varius (Fabricius, 1787)
Described
1787
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14426442 · GBIF 4520032