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White-legged cranefly

Ptychoptera albimanus

1,333Records since 2000
MayPeak month
88Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb3
Mar25
Apr214
May376
Jun168
Jul134
Aug111
Sep122
Oct55
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England170
2Devon England117
3Norfolk England71
4North Yorkshire England44
5Cambridgeshire England39
6Isle of Anglesey Wales32
7Orkney Islands Scotland31
8Oxfordshire England24
9Gwynedd Wales22
10Cheshire East England21
11Cumbria England20
12Northamptonshire England19
13Kent England18
14East Riding of Yorkshire England18
15Ceredigion Wales18
1,038 England109 Scotland131 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,333
Peak month
May
Counties with records
88
Scientific name
Ptychoptera albimanus
Group
True flies
Most recorded in
Worcestershire, Devon, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Ptychopteridae
Genus
Ptychoptera
Name with authority
Ptychoptera albimanus (Fabricius, 1787)
Described
1787
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q14164871 · GBIF 5089433