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Leuctra picteti

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Taxonomy

Leuctra picteti was named by Sinitshenkova (1987). It is an inclusion in amber.

Synonyms

Leuctra fusca was named by Pictet and Hagen (1856). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Berendt collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

It was replaced with Leuctra picteti by Sinitshenkova (1987); it was replaced with Leuctra electrofusca by Caruso and Wichard (2010).
Leuctra electrofusca was named by Caruso and Wichard (2010). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was synonymized objectively with Leuctra picteti by Clapham (2023).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Leuctra fusca Pictet and Hagen p. 70 figs. Pl 6, fig 10
1987	Leuctra picteti Sinitshenkova p. 81
2010	Leuctra electrofusca Caruso and Wichard p. 95

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata

Rank	Name	Author
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
order	Plecoptera
suborder	Arctoperlaria	Zwick 1973
infraorder	Euholognatha	Zwick 1973
superfamily	Nemouroidea
—	Nemouromorpha
family	Leuctridae
genus	Leuctra
species	picteti

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 picteti Sinitshenkova 1987

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Invalid names: Leuctra electrofusca Caruso and Wichard 2010 [objective synonym]

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
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Poland	Leuctra fusca (109625)