Leptus

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Leptus
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Long-legged Velvet Mite - Leptus species, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Long-legged Velvet Mite (Leptus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Leptus
Latreille, 1796
Species

See § Selected species

Synonyms [1]

AchorolophusBerlese, 1891
AmaroptusHaitlinger, 2000
BadismaGistl, 1848
LeptomusRafinesque, 1815

Leptus is a genus of large mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae; they resemble members of the related genus Balaustium , but can be distinguished by the eyes, which in Leptus species are set much further forward on the body than in Balaustium species. [2]

The genus was first described in 1796 by Pierre André Latreille. [1] [3] [4]

Selected species

Interim Register of Marine and NonMarine Genera lists 202 species. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leptus Latreille, 1796". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  2. ↑ Meyer, M.K.P.; Ryke, P.A.J. (1959). "Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa". Acarologia . 1 (3): 304–323. ISSN   0044-586X. Wikidata   Q113330125.
  3. 1 2 "IRMNG - Leptus Latreille, 1796". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  4. ↑ Latreille, P. A. (30 January 1797), Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel. (in French), Paris: Prèvôt; [etc., etc., p. 177, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.58411, OCLC   6419012, OL   17896463M, Wikidata   Q51521123


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