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Family Leuctridae - Rolled-winged Stoneflies

Rolled-winged Stonefly - Leuctra tenella

With Mites - Paraleuctra vershina - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)

Superfamily Nemouroidea

Family Leuctridae (Rolled-winged Stoneflies)

Numbers

2 subfamilies (one contains a single genus), with ~130 spp. in 9 genera in our area(1) [116 in the lower 48 states(2)] and ~300 spp. in 12 genera worldwide(3)

Range

holarctic + Oriental; throughout NA(3)

Works Cited

1.	Stark B.P., Baumann R.W., DeWalt R.E. (2009) Valid stonefly names for North America

2.	Kondratieff B.C., Baumann R.W. (2000-2014) Stoneflies of the United States

3.	DeWalt R.E., Maehr M.D., Neu-Becker U., Stueber G. (2013) Plecoptera species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 November, 2011 - 3:23pm

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