Subfamily Leptosaldinae Cobben 1971 (spiny-legged bug)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Leptopodidae
Full reference: R. H. Cobben. 1971. A fossil shore bug from Tertiary amber of Chiapas, Mexico (Heteroptera, Saldidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 63:49-56
Parent taxon: Leptopodidae according to D. ReĢdei 2024
See also Cobben 1971, Grimaldi and Engel 2013, McKellar and Engel 2014, Popov and Heiss 2014, Popov and Heiss 2016, Schuh et al. 1987, Sun and Chen 2020, Yu et al. 2023 and Zhang et al. 2013
Sister taxon: Leptopodinae
Subtaxa: Archaesalepta Cretaceomira Leptosalda
Type: Leptosalda
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences