Leptus

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Leptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Prostigmata
Suborder: Anystina
(unranked) Parasitengona
Superfamily: Erythraeoidea
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Leptus
Latreille, 1795
Species

Several, see text

Leptus is a genus of mites belonging to the family Erythraeidae. These large mites are rather similar to members of the related genus Balaustium but can be distinguished by the eyes, which are set much further forward on the body than in Balaustium spp.

Selected species:

  • Leptus ariel Southcott, 1989
  • Leptus berlesei
  • Leptus clavatus
  • Leptus intermedius
  • Leptus monteithi Southcott, 1993
  • Leptus vertiformis

[edit] References

  • Nine new species of the superfamily Erythraeoidea (Acarina: Trombidiformes) associated with plants in South Africa, Magdalena K.P. Meyer & P.A.J. Ryke, Acarologia I
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