Archaesalepta Grimaldi and Engel 2013 (spiny-legged bug)

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. Rédei 2024

See also Grimaldi and Engel 2013

Sister taxa: Cretaceomira, Leptosalda

Subtaxa: Archaesalepta schuhi

view classification

Type: Archaesalepta schuhi

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Cambay amber, Tadkeshwar lignite mine (AMNH/BSIPL collection) (Eocene of India)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.