Leptopodidae

Leptopodidae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leptopus marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Leptopodomorpha
Family:	Leptopodidae Brullé, 1836

Leptopodidae is a family of spiny-legged bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are about 15 genera and more than 40 described species in Leptopodidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These 17 genera belong to the family Leptopodidae: ^[4]

• Erianotoides J.Polhemus & D.Polhemus, 1991
• Erianotus Fieber, 1861
• Lahima Linnavuori & Van Harten, 2002-22
• Leotichius Distant, 1904
• Leptopoides J.Polhemus & D.Polhemus, 1991-01
• Leptopus Latreille, 1809
• Martiniola Horváth, 1911
• Patapius Horváth, 1912
• Saldolepta Schuh & J.Polhemus, 1980
• Valleriola Distant, 1904
• † Archaesalepta Grimaldi & Engel, 2013 Cambay amber, India, Eocene
• † Cretaceomira McKellar & Engel, 2014 Canadian amber, Campanian
• † Cretaleptus Sun and Chen 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• † Leptosalda Cobben, 1971 Dominican amber, Mexican amber, Miocene
• † Macrolepta Yu, Zhuo & Chen, 2023 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• † Palaeoleptus Poinar 2009 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• † Palaeotanyrhina Poinar, Brown & Kóbor 2009 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

1. "Leptopodidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
2. "Leptopodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
3. "Family Leptopodidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
4. Rédei, Dávid (2024-11-01). "A re-assessment of Palaeotanyrhina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) elucidates the phylogeny of Leptopodoidea" . Insect Systematics and Diversity. 8 (6): 5. doi:10.1093/isd/ixae030. ISSN   2399-3421.

Further reading

• Schuh, Randall T.; Galil, Bella; Polhemus, John T. (1987). "Catalog and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185: 243–406. hdl: 2246/970 .
• Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN   978-90-71912-12-2.
• Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.

External links

• Media related to Leptopodidae at Wikimedia Commons