Leuctra priscula Cockerell 1922

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Alternative combination: Nemoura priscula

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1922. Two families of insects new to British Tertiary strata. The Canadian Entomologist 54:33-34

Belongs to Leuctra according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Cockerell 1922 and Jarzembowski 1980

Sister taxa: Leuctra antiqua, Leuctra gracilis, Leuctra linearis, Leuctra minuscula, Leuctra picteti

Type specimen: NHML In.17498, a forewing (incomplete). 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.

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)

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