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Leptopodoidea

Insecta - Hemiptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Leptopodoidea Brullé p. 279
1971Leptopodoidea Popov p. 93
1987Leptopodoidea Schuh et al. p. 252
1995Leptopodoidea Lindskog p. 137
2013Leptopodoidea Zhang et al. p. 15
2018Leptopodoidea Szwedo p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderLeptopodomorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyLeptopodoidea
superfamilyLeptopodoidea

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.

Superfm. Leptopodoidea Brullé 1836
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Fm. Leptopodidae Brullé 1836 [spiny-legged bug]
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Subfm. Leptosaldinae Cobben 1971
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G. †Archaesalepta Grimaldi and Engel 2013
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Archaesalepta schuhi Grimaldi and Engel 2013
G. †Cretaceomira McKellar and Engel 2014
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Cretaceomira phalanx McKellar and Engel 2014
G. †Cretaleptus Sun and Chen 2020
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Cretaleptus popovi Sun and Chen 2020
G. †Leptosalda Cobben 1971
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Leptosalda chiapensis Cobben 1971
Leptosalda dominicana Grimaldi and Engel 2013
Leptosalda niarchos Grimaldi and Engel 2013
G. †Macrolepta Yu et al. 2023
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Macrolepta chenchenae Yu et al. 2023
G. †Parvilepta Yu et al. 2023
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Parvilepta jinghuiae Yu et al. 2023
Parvilepta jingyuanae Yu et al. 2023
Invalid names: Palaeoleptinae Poinar 2009 [synonym]
Invalid names: Leptopodinae Brullé 1836 [empty]
Invalid names: Leotichiidae China 1933 [empty], Omaniidae Cobben 1970 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Palaeoleptus burmanicus (104053)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretaleptus popovi, Parvilepta jinghuiae, Parvilepta jingyuanae, Macrolepta chenchenae (198285)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Cretaceomira phalanx (122387)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Archaesalepta schuhi (124463)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Leptosalda chiapensis (140206)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Leptosalda sp. A, Leptosalda dominicana, Leptosalda niarchos (122982)