Perla bipunctata Pictet, 1833
(Large Pale Stonefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPerla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
FamilyPERLIDAE (large stoneflies)
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 Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly) :
1: Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
22 May 2008 OSGR: NR83 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Male, under stone on river shingle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - in situImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 4: Adult - dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 6: Adult - lateral view - white backgroundImage 7: Adult - ventral view - white backgroundImage 8: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Adult - dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged
2: Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
22 May 2008 OSGR: NR83 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Female, on stone on river shingle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - in situImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - in situ (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 5: Adult - latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 6: Adult - ventral view - white backgroundImage 7: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white background
3: Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
22 May 2008 OSGR: NR83 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
Female exuvia, on stone on river shingle
Image 1: Exuvia - dorsal view - in situImage 2: Exuvia - dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Exuvia - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 4: Exuvia - ventral view - white background
4: Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
22 May 2008 OSGR: NR83 55° 30’ N, 5° 20’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland
on stone on river shingle
Image 1: Exuvia - dorsal view - in situImage 2: Exuvia - dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Exuvia - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 4: Exuvia - latero-dorsal view - in situImage 5: Exuvia - ventral view - white background

Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Perla bipunctata (Large Pale Stonefly)
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