Species Detail - Dune Robberfly (Philonicus albiceps) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Robberflies 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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Philonicus albiceps
Dune Robberfly
NBNSYS0000007906 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
phalb
(Meigen, 1820)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
33
18
16
02/07/1980
26/08/2023
30 May (recorded in 2019)
9 September (recorded in 2014)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Robberflies of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Dune Robberfly (Philonicus albiceps), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/383/Species/87669

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)