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Xenopelopia nigricans

490Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
9Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb57
Mar117
Apr105
May36
Jun52
Jul48
Aug42
Sep22
Oct9
Nov2
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Doncaster England179
2Cambridgeshire England168
3Somerset England22
4Thurrock England20
5Suffolk England12
6Essex England4
7Argyll and Bute Scotland4
8East Riding of Yorkshire England1
9Powys Wales1
251 England4 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
490
Peak month
March
Counties with records
9
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
254
Most recorded in
Doncaster, Cambridgeshire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Xenopelopia
Name with authority
Xenopelopia nigricans (Goetghebuer, 1927)
Described
1927
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13849107 · GBIF 1450843