Euroleuctra gillesi Chen 2018 (rolled-winged stonefly)

Insecta - Plecoptera - Leuctridae

Full reference: Z. T. Chen. 2018. Description of Euroleuctra gen. nov., a new fossil genus of Leuctridae (Insecta: Plecoptera) in Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4462:291-295

Belongs to Euroleuctra according to Z. T. Chen 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CZT-PLE-BA3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: volant detritivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (ICJUST CZT Chen amber collection)

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