Leuctra geniculata Stephens, 1836
(Willow Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeuctra geniculata (Willow Fly)
GenusLeuctra (needle flies)
FamilyLEUCTRIDAE (needle flies)
OrderPLECOPTERA (stoneflies)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leuctra geniculata (Willow Fly) :
1: Leuctra geniculata (Willow Fly)
16 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off head-height oak branch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - antennal bases, head and prothorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Leuctra geniculata (Willow Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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