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Leptopodidae (spiny-legged bug)
Taxonomy
Leptopodiens was named by Brullé (1836). It is extant.
It was corrected as Leptopodidae by Popov (1971), Schuh et al. (1987), Lindskog (1995), Zhang et al. (2013), Szwedo (2018), Sun and Chen (2020) and Yu et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Leptopodoidea by Popov (1971), Schuh et al. (1987), Lindskog (1995), Zhang et al. (2013), Szwedo (2018), Sun and Chen (2020) and Yu et al. (2023).
It was corrected as Leptopodidae by Popov (1971), Schuh et al. (1987), Lindskog (1995), Zhang et al. (2013), Szwedo (2018), Sun and Chen (2020) and Yu et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Leptopodoidea by Popov (1971), Schuh et al. (1987), Lindskog (1995), Zhang et al. (2013), Szwedo (2018), Sun and Chen (2020) and Yu et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1971 | Leptopodidae Popov p. 93 |
| 1987 | Leptopodidae Schuh et al. p. 252 |
| 1995 | Leptopodidae Lindskog p. 137 |
| 2009 | Palaeoleptidae Poinar p. 1000 |
| 2013 | Palaeoleptidae Zhang et al. p. 2 |
| 2013 | Leptopodidae Zhang et al. p. 15 |
| 2018 | Leptopodidae Szwedo p. 113 |
| 2018 | Palaeoleptidae Szwedo p. 113 |
| 2020 | Leptopodidae Sun and Chen p. 2 |
| 2022 | Palaeotanyrhinidae Poinar et al. p. 75 |
| 2023 | Leptopodidae Yu et al. p. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Leptopodidae Brullé 1836 [spiny-legged bug]
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Subfm. Leptopodinae Brullé 1836
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Tr. Leptopodini Brullé 1836
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G. †Parvilepta Yu et al. 2023
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†Parvilepta jinghuiae Yu et al. 2023
†Parvilepta jingyuanae Yu et al. 2023
Subfm. Leptosaldinae Cobben 1971
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G. †Leptosalda Cobben 1971
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†Leptosalda chiapensis Cobben 1971
†Leptosalda dominicana Grimaldi and Engel 2013
†Leptosalda niarchos Grimaldi and Engel 2013
Invalid names: Palaeoleptidae Poinar 2009 [synonym], Palaeotanyrhinidae Poinar et al. 2022 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 99.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Cretaleptus popovi, Parvilepta jinghuiae, Parvilepta jingyuanae, Macrolepta chenchenae (198285) Palaeotanyrhina sp. (210680) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar (Kachin) | Palaeoleptus burmanicus, Palaeotanyrhina exophthalma (104053) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Cretaceomira phalanx (122387) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Archaesalepta schuhi (124463) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Leptosalda chiapensis (140206) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Leptosalda sp. A, Leptosalda dominicana, Leptosalda niarchos (122982) |