Leptus

Leptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Erythraeidae
Genus: Leptus
Latreille, 1795
Species

Several, see text

This photograph shows a species of Balaustium, its eyes posterior to the position they occupy in Leptus

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

Selected species:

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