Leuctra inermis Kempny, 1899, (smooth needle fly)


15 May 2004 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record SummaryFemale, on plastic garden table
Found asFemale imago
Date15 May 2004
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher15 May 2004[A]
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Notes:

Whorl of tiny hairs at end of each antennal segment but much less evident than in L. geniculata.

Length: 9mm.

Wing length: 5mm.

Subgenital plate with two converging lobes separated by narrow gap, hairy and heavily sclerotised.

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