†Leptosalda chiapensis 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
Belongs to Leptosalda according to R. T. Schuh et al. 1987
See also Cobben 1971
Sister taxa: Leptosalda dominicana, Leptosalda niarchos
Type specimen: UCMP 12281, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCMP B-4119, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UCMP B-4119, Simojovel region
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