Leptopodomorpha is an infraorder of
insect
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s in the order
Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
(true bugs). Leptopodomorpha is an infraorder of the order Heteroptera that contains more than 380 species. These small insects are also called shore bugs, or spiny shore bugs. As their name suggests, shore bugs range from being intertidal, to living near streams and lakes. Four families belong to this infraorder, the largest of which is Saldidae with about 350 species, compared to about 30 in Leptopodidae, and only 5 and 1 in Omaniidae and Aepophilidae respectively.
Saldidae are known in particular for their jumping ability.
Families
* Aepophilidae Puton, 1879
** monotypic ''
Aepophilus bonnairei''
Signoret, 1879
*
Leptopodidae
Leptopodidae is a family of spiny-legged bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are about 15 genera and more than 40 described species in Leptopodidae.
Genera
These 15 genera belong to the family Leptopodidae:
* '' Erianotoides'' J.Polhemus & D.Po ...
- spiny shore bugs
* Omaniidae
# ''
Corallocoris''
Cobben, 1970 – SE Asia, Australia, Oceania, Japan
# ''
Omania'': includes ''
Omania coleoptrata''
Horváth, 1915 - Oman
*
Saldidae- shore bugs
Leptopodomorpha
amber fossils were found in the Dominican Republic and in Mexico, both dating back to the
Miocene
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period. Fossils of
Jurassic
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Archegocimicidae and
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...
Enicocorinae have also been found, and are presumed to be Leptopodomorpha.
References
External links
Tree of Life
{{Taxonbar, from=Q137398
Heteroptera
Protostome infraorders