†Leptosalda Cobben 1971 (spiny-legged bug)
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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: Leptosaldinae according to D. ReĢdei 2024
See also Cobben 1971, Grimaldi and Engel 2013 and Schuh et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Archaesalepta, Cretaceomira
Subtaxa: Leptosalda chiapensis Leptosalda dominicana Leptosalda niarchos
Type: Leptosalda chiapensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Mexico (1)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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