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Xanthandrus comtus

312Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
47Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb2
Mar3
Apr4
May12
Jun62
Jul54
Aug74
Sep50
Oct25
Nov13
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Sefton England32
2Dorset England16
3Devon England11
4Norfolk England8
5Cumbria England7
6Kent England6
7Surrey England6
8Highland Scotland6
9East Riding of Yorkshire England6
10North Tyneside England6
11Suffolk England5
12Oxfordshire England5
13Cornwall England5
14Lincolnshire England5
15East Lothian Scotland5
270 England24 Scotland15 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 47 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
312
Peak month
August
Counties with records
47
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
280
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Xanthandrus
Name with authority
Xanthandrus comtus (Harris, 1780)
Described
1780

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2746560 · GBIF 1538946