What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Paraphaenocladius impensus been recorded?

Paraphaenocladius impensus occurrence evidence comes from 3,216 records in 5 countries and territories, from 1961 to 2025. Most records come from Canada.

InsectaDipteraChironomidaeParaphaenocladius

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

3,216 records across 5 countries and territories, 1961–2025.

Paraphaenocladius impensus · GBIF taxon key 1456785

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

6 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

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Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Paraphaenocladius impensus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Paraphaenocladius impensus. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 3,161
United Kingdom 36
Sweden 16
Luxembourg 2
Namibia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Chironomidae.

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.