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Spania nigra

70Records since 2000
MayPeak month
17Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May35
Jun26
Jul0
Aug0
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England16
2Worcestershire England6
3Stirling Scotland6
4Gwynedd Wales4
5Cambridgeshire England2
6Oxfordshire England2
7Dorset England2
8Powys Wales2
9Swansea Wales2
10Telford and Wrekin England2
11Norfolk England1
12Kent England1
13Cornwall England1
14Pembrokeshire Wales1
15Perth and Kinross Scotland1
53 England7 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 17 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
70
Peak month
May
Counties with records
17
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
70
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Rare and scarce species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Rhagionidae
Genus
Spania
Name with authority
Spania nigra Meigen, 1830
Described
1830

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14088165 · GBIF 5084583