Leuctra fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Late Needle Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeuctra fusca (Late Needle 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 fusca (Late Needle Fly) :
1: Leuctra fusca (Late Needle Fly)
30 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, beaten off Grey Sallow
Image 1: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Leuctra fusca (Late Needle Fly)
28 Sep 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, beaten from Alder
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - terminalia - latero-dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background
3: Leuctra fusca (Late Needle 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 together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - 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: Female - ventral view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head and prothorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - subgenital plate - postero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
4: Leuctra fusca (Late Needle Fly)
6 Nov 2006 OSGR: SK05 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
Female, settled on car, near river in limestone dale
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - enlargedImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Wings - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Female - spermatheca - microscope low magnificationImage 10: Female - subgenital and preceding segment with everted spermatheca - microscope low magnificationImage 11: Female - subgenital plate and preceding segment - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Female - subgenital plate - microscope low magnificationImage 13: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnificationImage 14: Female - terminalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification (2)

Leuctra fusca (Late Needle Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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