Leptopodomorpha

Leptopodomorpha is an infraorder of insects in the order Hemiptera (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

Two superfamilies are recognised:

Leptopodoidea

• Leptopodidae- spiny shore bugs
• Omaniidae

1. Corallocoris <small>Cobben, 1970</small> – SE Asia, Australia, Oceania, Japan
2. Omania: includes Omania coleoptrata <small>Horváth, 1915</small> - Oman

Saldoidea

• Aepophilidae Puton, 1879
• monotypic Aepophilus bonnairei <small>Signoret, 1879</small>
• Saldidae- shore bugs
• †Archegocimicidae Handlirsch, 1906 (Late Triassic~Early Cretaceous)

References

External links

• Tree of Life