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Slender-footed Robberfly

Leptarthrus brevirostris

1,041Records since 2000
JunePeak month
39Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May178
Jun692
Jul146
Aug4
Sep5
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales87
2Gwynedd Wales69
3Devon England53
4Surrey England50
5Dorset England36
6Kent England34
7East Riding of Yorkshire England31
8Gloucestershire England30
9Cumbria England30
10Worcestershire England23
11Highland Scotland20
12Argyll and Bute Scotland19
13Cornwall England18
14Oxfordshire England14
15West Berkshire England12
824 England42 Scotland171 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,041
Peak month
June
Counties with records
39
Scientific name
Leptarthrus brevirostris
Also known as
a Robber Fly
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,036
Most recorded in
Powys, Gwynedd, Devon, Surrey
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Leptarthrus
Name with authority
Leptarthrus brevirostris (Meigen, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6527890 · GBIF 1664505