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Leuctridae Klapalek 1905

Description

Leuctridae Klapálek, 1905

Leuctra svanetica Zhiltzova 1960

Material examined: 2 ♂, 1♀ Abkhazia. Ochamchyr District. Cave Head of Otap, sweeping above stream in cave, around lamps of the artificial lighting, 42°55.193 N 41°32.196 E, 0 5.0 2.2018, coll. D. Palatov.

Distribution. Karachay-Cherkessia, Georgia, Turkey. An endemic of the Caucasus, a high mountain and crenophilic species, inhabiting streams higher than 1,800 m.a.s.l. Adult emergence occurs at the end of July into beginning of August (Zhiltzova, 2003). Adults were collected for the first time also in February.

Notes

Published as part of Teslenko, Valentina A. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2019, A new micropterous winter species of Leuctra (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) and little known endemic stoneflies from the Greater Caucasus, pp. 342-354 in Zootaxa 4613 (2) on page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3238977

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Leuctridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Plecoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Klapalek
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Leuctridae Klapalek, 1905 sec. Teslenko & Palatov, 2019

References

  • Klapalek, F. (1905) Conspectus Plecopterorum Bohemiae. Acta Societatis Entomologicae Bohemiae, Casopis, 2, 27 - 32.
  • Zhiltzova, L. A. (1960) Contribution a l'etude des Plecopteres du Caucase. 4 nouvelles especes de la famille des Leuctridae. Entomololicheskoje Obozrenie, 39 (1), 156 - 171.
  • Zhiltzova, L. A. (2003) Stoneflies (Plecoptera). Gruppe Euholognata. Fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries, New Series, No. 145, 1 (1), 1 - 538. [in Russian]