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Spear-winged fly

Lonchoptera bifurcata

699Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
41Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb5
Mar8
Apr5
May21
Jun125
Jul181
Aug110
Sep75
Oct43
Nov27
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England127
2Dorset England69
3Devon England46
4Worcestershire England45
5Cambridgeshire England35
6Swansea Wales35
7Milton Keynes England26
8Somerset England24
9Essex England20
10Gwynedd Wales17
11Monmouthshire Wales16
12Pembrokeshire Wales15
13Cornwall England14
14Oxfordshire England13
15Ceredigion Wales13
411 England16 Scotland148 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
699
Peak month
July
Counties with records
41
Scientific name
Lonchoptera bifurcata
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
586
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Dorset
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Lonchopteridae
Genus
Lonchoptera
Name with authority
Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)
Described
1810
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14060131 · GBIF 1611456