Leptopodidae

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]

Leptopodidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Leptopus marmoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Leptopodomorpha
Family: Leptopodidae
Brullé, 1836

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the family Leptopodidae:

  • 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
  • † Grimaldinia Popov & Heiss, 2014-29 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • † Leptosalda Cobben, 1971 Dominican amber, Mexican amber, Miocene
  • † Leptosaldinea Popov & Heiss, 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
  • † Palaeoleptus Poinar 2009 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References
  1. "Leptopodidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "Leptopodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-14.

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.


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