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Waisted Beegrabber

Physocephala rufipes

1,075Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
58Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr5
May15
Jun79
Jul573
Aug341
Sep22
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England53
2Worcestershire England44
3Norfolk England40
4Cornwall England30
5Sefton England26
6Oxfordshire England25
7Lincolnshire England24
8Cambridgeshire England23
9Kent England22
10East Riding of Yorkshire England19
11Pembrokeshire Wales19
12Isle of Anglesey Wales18
13Somerset England14
14Suffolk England12
15Surrey England12
946 England127 Wales

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
1,075
Peak month
July
Counties with records
58
Scientific name
Physocephala rufipes
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,037
Most recorded in
Devon
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Conopidae
Genus
Physocephala
Name with authority
Physocephala rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)
Described
1781
Contributing datasets
17

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q7189749 · GBIF 1568963