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Leuctra priscula

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Taxonomy
Nemoura priscula was named by Cockerell (1922). Its type specimen is NHML In.17498, a forewing (incomplete), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Leuctra priscula by Jarzembowski (1980), Sinitshenkova (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Nemoura priscula Cockerell p. 34 fig. 2
1980Leuctra priscula Jarzembowski p. 253 fig. 22
1987Leuctra priscula Sinitshenkova p. 82

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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
genusLeuctra
speciespriscula()

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.

Leuctra priscula Cockerell 1922
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nemoura priscula (type locality: 21976)