Leptodema

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Leptodema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Subfamily: Harpactorinae
Tribe: Rhaphidosomatini
Genus: Leptodema
de Carlini, 1892

Leptodema is a small genus of African bugs in the family Reduviidae (assassin bugs). As of April 2020, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists nine species in the genus Leptodema: [1]

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References

  1. "Leptodema de Carlini, 1892". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 19 April 2020.