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family Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905

• Common name(s):  Needleflies
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations (26):
  • Klapálek, Frantisek. 1905. Cas. ces. Spol. ent. 2:32 >> Note: New family.
  • Klapálek, Frantisek. 1909. In Klapálek, Frantisek & Grunberg. Hft. 8. Ephemerida, Plecoptera, Lepidoptera. In Brauer, A. Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands. Eine Exkursionsfauna 60  
  • Frison. 1935. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull. 20:310, 352  
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:76, 162
  • Harper, P.P. & Hynes. 1971. Can. J. Zool. 49:920 >> Note: Key to the nymphs of eastern Canada.
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:392, 418
  • Shapas & Hilsenhoff. 1976. The Great Lakes Entomologist 9(4):177-179
  • Ormerod & Tyler. 1986. Bird Study 33:39-40  
  • Zwick, P. 1990. In Campbell [Ed.]. Mayflies and Stoneflies: Life Histories and Biology. Proceedings of the 5th International Ephemeroptera Conference and the 9th International Plecoptera Conference. Ser. Entomol. 44:141-148
  • Carpenter. 1992. In Kaesler. Part R Arthropoda 4. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 96
  • Mangum. 1999. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(1):131  
  • Zwick, P. 2000. Annu.Rev.Entomol. 45:723
  • Stewart & Stark. 2002. Caddis Press 150 >> Note: Key to genera, North America, Nymphs
  • Ravizza, C. 2002. Lauterbornia 44:1  
  • Zhiltzova. 2003. Fauna of Russia and Neighbouring Countries New Series No. 145:433
  • Stewart & Sandberg. 2006. In Drosopoulos & Claridge. Insect Sounds and Communication: Physiology, Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution 184, 185
  • Zwick, P. 2006. Aquatic Insects 28(1):13-22
  • Sheldon. 2008. In Hauer, Stanford & Newell [Ed.]. International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and Systematics of Mayflies and Stoneflies 15-38  
  • Heinold. 2010. Master's Thesis 118
  • Judson & C.R. Nelson. 2012. Zootaxa 3541:28
  • Bethoux, Kondratieff, Grimmsson, Olafsson & Wappler. 2015. Syst. Entomol. 40:322–341
  • Hohmann & Kuttner. 2018. Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Potsdam 4:31
  • Cheney, A. H. Roy, R. F. Smith & DeWalt. 2019. Environmental Entomology 20(20):1-11
  • Chen, Z-T. 2019. Zoosymposia 16:64
  • Bowman & R. F. Smith. 2021. Insects 12:770:17 pages
  • Yang, Y-B., B-Q. Zhu, Rehman & Y-Z. Du. 2022. Biodiversity Data Journal 10:15 >> Note: A key to adult males of Leuctridae species from Wuyi Mountains.
• Type genus:  Leuctra Stephens, 1836; priority for family-group names based on Leuctra dates from Leuctridae Klapálek, Frantisek, 1905.  First use as Leuctridae by Klapálek, Frantisek, 1905.

• subfamily Leuctrinae Klapálek, 1905
• genus Calileuctra Shepard & Baumann, 1995
• genus Despaxia Ricker, 1943
• genus Leuctra Stephens, 1836
• genus Moselia Ricker, 1943
• genus Pachyleuctra Despax, 1929
• genus Paraleuctra Hanson, 1941
• genus Perlomyia Banks, 1906
• genus Pomoleuctra Stark & Kyzar, 2001
• genus Rhopalopsole Klapálek, 1912
• genus Tyrrhenoleuctra Consiglio, 1957
• genus Zealeuctra Ricker, 1952
• subfamily Megaleuctrinae Zwick, 1973
• genus Megaleuctra Neave, 1934
• genus †Baltileuctra Chen, 2018
• species †foraminis Chen, 2018
• genus Dracoleuctra Lee & Baumann, 2022
• species siskiyou Lee & Baumann, 2022
• genus †Euroleuctra Chen, 2018
• species †gillesi Chen, 2018
• genus †Lycoleuctra Sinitshenkova, 1987
• species †lupina Sinitshenkova, 1987
• genus †Palaeoleuctra Sinitshenkova, 2009
• species †acuta Sinitshenkova, 2009
• genus †Rasnitsyrina Sinitshenkova, 2011
• species †culonga Sinitshenkova, 2011

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