Leptus

Leptus

Taxobox
name = "Leptus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
superordo = Acariformes

ordo = Prostigmata
subordo = Anystina
unranked_familia = Parasitengona
superfamilia = Erythraeoidea
familia = Erythraeidae
genus = "Leptus"
genus_authority = Latreille, 1795
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Several, see text

"Leptus" is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These large mites are rather similar to members of the related genus "Balaustium" but can be distinguished by the eyes, which are set much further forward on the body than in "Balaustium spp".

Selected species:
* "Leptus ariel" Southcott, 1989
* "Leptus berlesei"
* "Leptus clavatus"
* "Leptus intermedius"
* "Leptus monteithi" Southcott, 1993
* "Leptus vertiformis"

References

*"Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa", Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I


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