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Genus

Leuctra Stephens, 1836

Needlefly

Type

type species by ruling by the Commission of Leuctra Stephens, 1836

Nomenclature (43)

  • Nemoura (Leuctra) Stephens, 1836: 144.

    type species by ruling by the Commission Phryganea fusca Linnaeus, 1758 in International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, 1968

  • Nemoura (Leuctra) Stephens, 1836 in Walker, 1852: 180.
  • Leuctra Stephens, 1836 in Metzger, Grubbs & Johnson, 2022
  • Nemoura (Leuctra) Stephens, 1836 in Helland & Brittain, 2025: 8. Distribution/Dispersal/Specimen Records

Nomenclature references (40)

  • Stephens, J.F. (1836) Illustrations of British entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects: containing their generic and specific distinctions with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy, as far as practicable, with coloured figures (from Westwood) of the rare and more interesting species. Baldwin & Cradock, London, Vol. 6, 134–145 pp. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34083#page/47/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1852) Part I. Phryganides-Perlides. In Catalogue of the specimens of neuropterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London. Vol. 1, 1–192 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9997105
  • Banks, N. (1906) Notes on the Classification of the Perlidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 38, 221–224. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/canadianentomolo38ento
  • Klapálek, F. (1909) II. Plecoptera, Steinfliegen. In Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands. Eine Exkursionsfauna. Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena. pp. 33–95, 160–163, 124 fig. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/diessswasserfa08brau
  • Needham, J.G. & Claassen, P.W. (1925) A Monograph of the Plecoptera or Stoneflies of America North of Mexico. The Thomas Say Foundation, II, 1–397. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/monographofpleco00need
  • Frison, T.H. (1929) Fall and winter stoneflies, or Plecoptera, of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, 18(2), 345–409. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14782175
  • Hanson, J.F. (1941) Studies on the Plecoptera of North America, II. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 36(2), 57–66. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50573848
  • Hynes, H.B.N. (1941) The taxonomy and ecology of the nymphs of British Plecoptera with notes on the adults and eggs. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91(10), 459–557.
  • Ricker, W.E. (1943) Stoneflies of southwestern British Columbia. Indiana University Publications Science Series, 12, 1–145.
  • Illies, J. (1966) Katalog der rezenten Plecoptera. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 82, 1–631.
  • International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1968) Leuctra Stephens, 1835 (Insecta, Plecoptera): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 24(6), 331–332.
  • Zwick, P. (1973) Insecta: Plecoptera Phylogenetisches System und Katalog. Das Tierreich – Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen., 94, 465 pp.
  • Carpenter, F.M. (1992) Volume 3: Superclass Hexapoda. In Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. pp. xxi, 1–277.
  • Braioni, M.G. (1994) Faunistic research in a fluvial ecosystem study: The case of the River Adige. Bollettino di Zoologia, 61(4), 415–424. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/11250009409355915
  • Casas, J.J. (1997) Invertebrate Assemblages Associated with Plant Debris in a Backwater of a Mountain Stream: Natural Leaf Packs vs. Debris Dam. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 12(1), 39–49. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02705060.1997.9663507
  • Vinçon, G. & Ravizza, C. (2001) Leuctridae (Plecoptera) of the Pyrenees. Annales de Limnologie / International Journal of Limnology, 37(4), 293–322.
  • Fochetti, R., Amici, I. & Argano, R. (2003) Seasonal Changes and Selectivity in the Diet of Brown Trout in the River Nera (Central Italy). Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 18(3), 437–444. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02705060.2003.9663979
  • Zhiltzova, L.A. (2003) Insecta, Plecoptera, Vol. 1, Issue 1: Plecoptera Group Euholognatha. In Fauna of Russia and Neighbouring Countries: Vol. No. 145. Nauka, St. Petersburg. 537 pp.
  • Fochetti, R. & Tierno de Figueroa, J.M. (2006) Notes on diversity and conservation of the European fauna of Plecoptera (Insecta). Journal of Natural History, 40(41-43), 2361–2369.
  • Grubbs, S., Thomas, C.M., Hutchins, B.T. & Taylor, J.M. (2006) Life Cycles of Allocapnia recta and Leuctra spp. (Plecoptera: Capniidae and Leuctridae) Across a Flow Gradient in a Central Kentucky Karst Headwater Stream. Southeastern Naturalist, 5(2), 321–332.
  • Liu, Y. (2006) Dong wu fen lei xue bao [Progress in the study of Plecoptera fossils]. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31(4), 758–768.
  • Bo, T., Fenoglio, S. & Malacarne, G. (2007) Diet of Dinocras cephalotes and Perla marginata (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in an Apennine stream (northwestern Italy). The Canadian Entomologist, 139, 358–364.
  • Eriksen, E., Amekleiv, J.V. & Kjaerstad, G. (2009) Short-Term Effects on Riverine Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Rotenone and Aluminum Sulfate Treatment to Eradicate Gyrodactylus salaris. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 24(4), 597–607. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02705060.2009.9664337
  • Popijac, A. & Sivec, I. (2009) Diversity and distribution of stoneflies in the area of Plitvice Lakes National Park and along the Mediterranean river Cetina (Croatia). Aquatic insects, 31(Supp. 1), 731–742. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01650420902745521
  • Harrison, A.B. & Stark, B.P. (2010) Two new species of stoneflies in the Leuctra ferruginea group (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with notes on the Leuctra species known for Mississippi and Alabama, U.S.A. Illiesia: International Journal of Stonefly Research, 6(3), 13–33. Available at http://illiesia.speciesfile.org/papers/Illiesia06-03.pdf
  • Judson, S.W. & Nelson, C.R. (2012) A Guide to Mongolian Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera). Zootaxa, 3541, 1–118.
  • Yang, D., Li, W.-H. & Zhu, F. (2015) Plecoptera Nemouroidea. In Fauna Sinica Insecta. Vol. 58, 1–518 + 12 plates.
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  • Martynov, A.V., Žiak, M. & Arkhipova, K.I. (2017) Stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera) of Eastern Ukraine: species list with data on distribution and habitat preferences. Zoological Bulletin of the Lviv University, 2(13), 2–18.
  • Chen, Z.-T. & Du, Y.-Z. (2018) A checklist and adult key to the Chinese stonefly (Plecoptera) genera. Zootaxa, 4375(1), 59–74. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.2
  • Ridl, A., Vilenica, M., Ivkovic, M., Popijac, A., Sivec, I., Milisa, M. & Mihaljevic, Z. (2018) Environmental drivers influencing stonefly assemblages along a longitudinal gradient in karst lotic habitats. Journal of Limnology, 77(3), 412–427.
  • Vidinova, Y.N., Evtimova, V.V. & Tyufekchieva, V.G. (2018) Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (Insecta) from Water Bodies in the Region of Plovdiv City. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum - Plovdiv, Supp. 1, 69–79.
  • Yang, D. & Li, W.-H. (2018) In Species Catalogue of China. Vol. 2. Animals, Insecta (III), Plecoptera. Science Press, Beijing. front matter + 71 pp.
  • Drover, D.R., Zipper, C.E., Soucek, D.J. & Schoenholtz, S.H. (2019) Using density, dissimilarity, and taxonomic replacement to characterize mining-influenced benthic macroinvertebrate community alterations in central Appalachia. Ecological Indicators, 106(105535), 1–11.
  • Ravizza, C., Vinçon, G. & Reding, J.-P.G. (2020) The origins of the names of Plecoptera genera and species occurring in the Italian Region. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 152(3), 115–132.
  • Arnold, A., Murphy, J.F., Pretty, J.L., Duerdoth, C.P., Smith, B.D., Rainbow, P.S., Spencer, K.L., Collins, A.L. & Jones, J.I. (2021) Accumulation of trace metals in freshwater macroinvertebrates across metal contamination gradients. Environmental Pollution, 276(116721), 1–10.
  • Samraoui, B., Vinçon, G., Marquez-Rodriguez, J., El-Serehy, H.A., Ferreras-Romero, M., Mostefai, N. & Samraoui, F. (2021) Stonefly Assemblages as Indicators of Relict North African Mountain Streams (Plecoptera). Wetlands, 41(78), 1–11.
  • Hlebec, D., Sivec, I., Podnar, M. & Kučinić, M. (2022) DNA barcoding for biodiversity assessment: Croatian stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera). PeerJ, 10, e13213: 32 pages.
  • Metzger, M.L., Grubbs, S. & Johnson, J.R. (2022) An integrative phylogenetic analysis of eastern Nearctic Leuctra (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with an emphasis on the fauna of a southern Appalachian Highlands landscape. The Canadian Entomologist, 154, e15: 20 pages. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2022.5
  • Helland, N.K.S. & Brittain, J.E. (2025) The distribution of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera in a Norwegian alpine catchment in relation to environmental gradients. Aquatic Insects, 2025(2510702), 1–20. [2026] https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2025.2510702

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Superspecies120012
Subsuperspecies2024
Species237439280
Subspecies1801331