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genus Megaleuctra Neave, 1934

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Citations (8):
  • Neave. 1934. Canad. Ent. 66(1):4 >> Note: New genus. >> Megaleuctra    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4633
  • Frison. 1942. Pan-Pac. Ent. 18(1):14 >> Megaleuctra
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:171 >> Megaleuctra
  • Zwick, P. 1973. Das Tierreich 94:317, 392, 393 >> Megaleuctra
  • Carpenter. 1992. In Kaesler. Part R Arthropoda 4. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 96 >> Megaleuctra
  • Liu, Y. 2006. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4):759 >> Megaleuctra
  • Progar & Moldenke. 2009. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24(1):61   >> Megaleuctra
  • Baumann & Stark. 2013. Illiesia 9(6):65-93   >> Megaleuctra
• Type species:  Megaleuctra spectabilis Neave (= stigmata), by original monotypy; authority:  Neave. 1934. Canad. Ent. 66(1):1-6
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Megaleuctrinae Zwick, P., 1973.

• species complicata Claassen, 1937
• species flinti Baumann, 1973
• species kincaidi Frison, 1942
• species †neavei Ricker, 1936
• species saebat Ham & Bae, 2002
• species stigmata (Banks, 1900)
• synonym sierra Fields, 1977
• synonym spectabilis Neave, 1934
• species williamsae Hanson, 1941

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