Leptopodidae is a family of spiny-legged bugs in the order
Hemiptera
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. There are about 15 genera and more than 40 described species in Leptopodidae.
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Genera
These 17 genera belong to the family Leptopodidae:Leptopus
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'' Latreille, 1809
* '' Martiniola'' Horváth, 1911
* '' Patapius'' Horváth, 1912
* '' Saldolepta'' Schuh & J.Polhemus, 1980
* '' Valleriola'' Distant, 1904
* † '' Archaesalepta'' Grimaldi & Engel, 2013 Cambay amber
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, India, Eocene
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* † '' Cretaceomira'' McKellar & Engel, 2014 Canadian amber
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, Campanian
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* † '' Cretaleptus'' Sun and Chen 2020 Burmese amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...
, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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* † '' Leptosalda'' Cobben, 1971 Dominican amber
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, Mexican amber
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, Miocene
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* † '' 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
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Heteroptera families
Leptopodomorpha
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