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Ramson's Hoverfly

Portevinia maculata

1,031Records since 2000
MayPeak month
70Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr156
May747
Jun58
Jul1
Aug1
Sep0
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England56
2Devon England54
3North Yorkshire England44
4Cumbria England27
5Cornwall England26
6Gwynedd Wales25
7Cheshire East England24
8East Lothian Scotland24
9Kent England22
10Dorset England19
11Somerset England17
12Dumfries and Galloway Scotland17
13Telford and Wrekin England16
14Gloucestershire England15
15Lincolnshire England13
793 England122 Scotland89 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,031
Peak month
May
Counties with records
70
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Portevinia maculata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
925
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Portevinia
Name with authority
Portevinia maculata (Fallén, 1817)
Described
1817
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2745226 · GBIF 1536592