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Yellow-legged Black Legionnaire

Beris morrisii

777Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May30
Jun271
Jul347
Aug75
Sep10
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England107
2Surrey England65
3Worcestershire England40
4Kent England38
5Dorset England35
6Norfolk England27
7Cornwall England26
8Warrington England19
9City of Edinburgh Scotland18
10Somerset England17
11Swansea Wales12
12Aberdeen City Scotland10
13Oxfordshire England9
14Herefordshire, County of England8
15Monmouthshire Wales8
644 England52 Scotland59 Wales15 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
777
Peak month
July
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Beris morrisii
Also known as
a Soldier Fly
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
786
Most recorded in
Devon, Surrey
Conservation designations
Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Stratiomyidae
Genus
Beris
Name with authority
Beris morrisii Dale, 1841
Described
1841
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q4891877 · GBIF 1580605