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species Leuctra alexanderi Hanson, 1941

• Common name(s):  Anakeesta Needlefly
• Distribution:
  •  
   USA: GA, KY, MD, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV.
• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Shredders of decayed tree leaves
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (17):
  • Hanson. 1941. Am. Midl. Nat. 26(1):174-178 >> Leuctra alexanderi    urn:lsid:Plecoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4444
  • Illies. 1966. Das Tierreich 82:79 >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Kondratieff & Voshell Jr. 1979. Ent. News 90(5):245 >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Tarter & Kirchner. 1980. Ent. News 91(2):50   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Kondratieff & Kirchner. 1987. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 89(1):27   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Griffith, M. B. & Perry. 1992. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 94(2):282-287 >> Leuctra (biloba) alexanderi
  • Grubbs. 1997. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 123(1/2):75   >> Leuctra (biloba) alexanderi
  • DeWalt & Heinold. 2005. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 107(1):40 >> Leuctra (biloba) alexanderi
  • Tarter, Chaffee & Grubbs. 2006. Ent. News 117(1):2 >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Earle. 2009. Illiesia 5(16):174   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Tarter & C.H. Nelson. 2010. Ent. News 121(2):160   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • DeWalt, Y. Cao, Tweddale, Grubbs, Hinz, Pessino & J. L. Robinson. 2012. ZooKeys 178:7   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Grubbs, Pessino & DeWalt. 2013. Journal of Insect Science 13(72):5   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Verdone, Kondratieff, DeWalt & South. 2017. Illiesia 13(3):42   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Kondratieff, Verdone & Roble. 2017. Perla 35:25   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Grubbs. 2018. Illiesia 14(4):76   >> Leuctra alexanderi
  • Hogan & Grubbs. 2022. Ecologies 3:400 >> Leuctra (biloba) alexanderi
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Tennessee
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  Male
  • Location of type:  USNM Smithsonian

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