Species Detail - Common Awl-fly (Xylophagus ater) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Xylophagidae of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Xylophagus ater
Common Awl-fly
NBNSYS0000007846
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
xyate
Meigen, 1804
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
15
8
7
12/06/1928
22/05/2024
1 May (recorded in 2023)
10 November (recorded in 1986)
Ryan Mitchell, Xylophagidae of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Awl-fly (Xylophagus ater), accessed 23 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/427/Species/87615>