Species Account for Xanthandrus comtus
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Xanthandrus comtus (Harris, [1780])
Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphidae
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Taxonomic group: hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) - Available county data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
Records: 5
First Record: 1987
Latest Record: 2013
1992-on hectads: 4
Pre-1992 hectads: 1
Total hectads: 5
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Essex Red Data List comment
3 sites. 2 records from the Pitsea area, at Wat Tyler Country Park and a garden, also in a railway cutting at Great Dunmow and a chalk pit in Grays (now destroyed).
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Habitat Detail and Method (based on 5 records with habitat detail and method information)
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