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Leptus

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Leptus
Temporal range: Cretaceous–present
Long-legged Velvet Mite (Leptus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Leptus
Latreille, 1796
Species

See § Selected species

Synonyms[1]

Achorolophus Berlese, 1891
Amaroptus Haitlinger, 2000
Badisma Gistl, 1848
Leptomus Rafinesque, 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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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