†Archaesalepta Grimaldi and Engel 2013 (spiny-legged bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Leptopodidae
Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2013. Taxonomic names, in Bugs in the biogeography: Leptosaldinae (Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) in amber from the Miocene of Hispaniola and Eocene of India. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 86:226-243
Parent taxon: Leptosaldinae according to D. A. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel 2013
Sister taxa: Cretaceomira, Cretaleptus, Leptosalda, Macrolepta, Parvilepta, Palaeoleptus
Subtaxa: Archaesalepta schuhi
Type: Archaesalepta schuhi
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)
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