Mesoleuctra Brauer et al. 1889 (stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Mesoleuctridae

Full reference: F. Brauer, J. Redtenbacher, and L. Ganglbauer. 1889. Fossile Insekten aus der Juraformation Ost-Sibiriens. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, VII Série 36(15):1-22

Parent taxon: Mesoleuctridae according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Brauer et al. 1889, Carpenter 1992, Ping 1928 and Sinitshenkova 1985

Sister taxa: Mesoleuctrisca, Mesoleuctroides

Subtaxa: Mesoleuctra brachypoda Mesoleuctra exserta Mesoleuctra gigantea Mesoleuctra gracilis Mesoleuctra peipiaoensis Mesoleuctra quadrata Mesoleuctra tibialis

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Type: Mesoleuctra gracilis

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (4)

• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (2)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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