Leuctra inermis Kempny, 1899
(Smooth Needle Fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeuctra inermis (Smooth 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 inermis (Smooth Needle Fly) :
1: Leuctra inermis (Smooth Needle Fly)
15 May 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on plastic garden table
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - head, thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged

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

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