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Mesoleuctra gracilis

Insecta - Plecoptera - Mesoleuctridae

Taxonomy
Mesoleuctra gracilis was named by Brauer et al. (1889). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ust-Baley Locality (Czekanowski collection), which is in a Toarcian lacustrine - small horizon in the Cheremkhovskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Mesoleuctra.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mesoleuctra gracilis Brauer et al. pp. 9-10 fig. 11
1906Mesoleuctra gracilis Handlirsch p. 579 figs. Pl XLIV fig 23, 24
1987Mesoleuctra gracilis Sinitshenkova p. 52 figs. Pl 4, fig 2

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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
speciesgracilis

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 gracilis Brauer et al. 1889
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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: Toarcian or 184.20000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Russian Federation (Irkutsk) Mesoleuctra gracilis (type locality: 114696)