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Mesoleuctra gigantea

Insecta - Plecoptera - Mesoleuctridae

Taxonomy
Mesoleuctra gigantea was named by Sinitshenkova (1985). Its type specimen is PIN 1391/2, a nymph, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Karaganda (PIN collection 1391), which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Dubovskaya Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Mesoleuctra gigantea Sinitshenkova p. 154 figs. Pl 21, fig 7; text-fig 5
1987Mesoleuctra gigantea Sinitshenkova p. 53 figs. Pl 4, fig 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderPlecoptera
suborderArctoperlariaZwick 1973
infraorderSystellognathaEnderlein 1969
familyMesoleuctridae(Sinitshenkova 1982)
genusMesoleuctra
speciesgigantea

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.

†Mesoleuctra gigantea Sinitshenkova 1985
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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: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Mesoleuctra gigantea (117990 125341 125496)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Kazakhstan (Karagandy) Mesoleuctra gigantea (type locality: 125495)