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Sciapus platypterus

1,055Records since 2000
JunePeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr2
May42
Jun555
Jul283
Aug33
Sep11
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England69
2Gwynedd Wales53
3Norfolk England52
4Cornwall England37
5Devon England32
6Cambridgeshire England25
7Stirling Scotland22
8Monmouthshire Wales22
9Ceredigion Wales18
10Surrey England15
11Dorset England14
12Argyll and Bute Scotland14
13Highland Scotland12
14City of Edinburgh Scotland12
15Carmarthenshire Wales12
563 England78 Scotland143 Wales20 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 58 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,055
Peak month
June
Counties with records
58
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,198
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Gwynedd, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Sciapus
Name with authority
Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
Described
1805
Contributing datasets
27

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13956369 · GBIF 1603779