Leucopis geniculata Zetterstedt, 1855
(a silverfly)

Leucopis geniculata (a silverfly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leucopis geniculata (a silverfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeucopis geniculata (a silverfly)
GenusLeucopis (a genus of silverflies)
FamilyCHAMAEMYIIDAE (silverflies)
SuperfamilyLAUXANIOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leucopis geniculata (a silverfly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Mclean, I.F.G. 1982 Three species of Leucopis Meigen (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) new to Britain Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation Vol 94: 70-72.

Leucopis geniculata (a silverfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Leucopis geniculata (a silverfly):

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