''Leptus'' is a genus of large
mites belonging to the family
Erythraeidae; they resemble members of the related genus ''
Balaustium
''Balaustium'' is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These are large red mites with one or two pairs of eyes set well back on the body.
Species
Species include:
*'' Balaustium aonidophagus'' (Ebeling)
*'' Balaustium angu ...
'', but can be distinguished by the eyes, which in ''Leptus'' species are set much further forward on the body than in ''Balaustium'' species.
The genus was first described in 1796 by
Pierre André Latreille.
Selected species
Interim Register of Marine and NonMarine Genera
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life from 1758 in zoology (1753 in botany) up to the present, arranged in a single, internally ...
lists 202 species.
* ''
Leptus ariel
''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 ...
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Southcott, 1989
* ''
Leptus berlesei
''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 ...
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* ''
Leptus clavatus
''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 ...
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* ''
Leptus intermedius
''Leptus intermedius'' is a species of mite belonging to the family Erythraeidae. This is a large, oval mite with a total length of 1.7 mm. The body is densely hairy and there is one pair of eyes. The fourth pair of legs is longer than the ...
''
Meyer & Ryke, 1959
* ''
Leptus monteithi
''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 tha ...
''
Southcott, 1993
* ''
Leptus pozzoicus
Leptus pozzoicus is a species of mite. It is named after Porto Pozzo, near Santa Teresa Gallura, the place where the species was first collected. ''L. pozzoicus'' belongs to the group of species with two palpgenualae, and that have over four set ...
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Ryszard, 2007
* ''
Leptus trimaculatus
''Leptus trimaculatus'' is a species of mite in the Erythraeidae family, first described in 1794 by Pietro Rossi as ''Trombidium trimaculatus''.
References
External links
''Leptus trimaculatus'' occurrence datafrom GBIF
The Global Biodi ...
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* ''
Leptus vertiformis''
References
Trombidiformes
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