Species Detail - Opetia nigra - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Platypezidae of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Opetia nigra
N/A
NBNSYS0000028776 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
opnig
Meigen, 1830
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
37
29
21
21/07/1909
22/10/2023
20 March (recorded in 1988)
25 November (recorded in 2023)
Ryan Mitchell and Ciarán Byrne, Platypezidae of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Opetia nigra, accessed 23 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/369/Species/90892

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)