Leptus
| Leptus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Erythraeidae |
| Genus: | Leptus Latreille, 1795 |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
This photograph shows a species of Balaustium, its eyes posterior to the position they occupy in Leptus
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.
Selected species:
- Leptus ariel Southcott, 1989
- Leptus berlesei
- Leptus clavatus
- Leptus intermedius Meyer & Ryke, 1959
- Leptus monteithi Southcott, 1993
- Leptus pozzoicus Ryszard, 2007
- 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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