Leptodema

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

Leptodema, Botswana

Leptodema is a small genus of African bugs in the family Reduviidae (assassin bugs). As of April 2020 ^[update] , the Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists nine species in the genus Leptodema: ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Leptodema acanthocephala de Carlini, 1892
• Leptodema echinata (Gerstaecker, 1892)
• Leptodema elisabethae Schouteden, 1913
• Leptodema farinaria Bergroth, 1908
• Leptodema hirta de Carlini, 1892
• Leptodema laticollis Miller, 1950
• Leptodema petchkovskyi Villiers, 1958
• Leptodema rodriguesi Villiers, 1952
• Leptodema scotti Miller, 1954

References

1. "Leptodema de Carlini, 1892". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Leptodema de Carlini, 1892" . Retrieved 2025-10-18.