Leuctra picteti Sinitshenkova 1987 (rolled-winged stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Invalid subtaxa: Leuctra electrofusca Caruso and Wichard 2010 [objective synonym], Leuctra fusca Pictet and Hagen 1856 [replaced name]

Full reference: N. D. Sinitshenkova. 1987. Istopicheskoe razvitie vesiyanok. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 221:1-142

Belongs to Leuctra according to N. D. Sinitshenkova 1987

See also Caruso and Wichard 2010, Clapham 2023 and Pictet and Hagen 1856

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

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Berendt collection (Eocene of Poland)

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