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Megaleuctra jewetti

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Taxonomy
Megaleuctra jewetti was named by Lewis (1969). Its type specimen is UC Boulder J 105b, a forewing (Forewing), and it is an impression. Its type locality is South of Juliaetta, which is in a Langhian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Latah Formation of Idaho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Megaleuctra jewetti Lewis p. 102 figs. Pl 1, fig B
1987Megaleuctra jewetti Sinitshenkova p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderPlecoptera
suborderArctoperlariaZwick 1973
infraorderEuholognathaZwick 1973
superfamilyNemouroidea
Nemouromorpha
familyLeuctridae
genusMegaleuctraNeave 1934
speciesjewetti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Megaleuctra jewetti Lewis 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitino
Ontogeny: moltingo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2011-07-02 09:44:25
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:44:25
Source: o = order
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range: Langhian or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Idaho) Megaleuctra jewetti (type locality: 97616)