{{Short description|Genus of mites}} {{Automated taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Cretaceous|present}} | image = Long-legged Velvet Mite - Leptus species, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg | image_caption = Long-legged Velvet Mite (''Leptus'') | taxon = Leptus | authority = Latreille, 1796 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See {{alink|Selected species}} | synonyms = ''Achorolophus'' {{small|Berlese, 1891}}<br> ''Amaroptus'' {{small|Haitlinger, 2000}}<br> ''Badisma'' {{small|Gistl, 1848}}<br> ''Leptomus'' {{small|Rafinesque, 1815}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=gbif/> }} '''''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.<ref name=meyer>{{cite Q|Q113330125}}</ref>
The genus was first described in 1796 by Pierre André Latreille.<ref name="gbif">{{Cite web |title=''Leptus'' Latreille, 1796 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8926075 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name="irmng" /><ref name="latreille">{{cite Q|Q51521123|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38812403|page=177}}</ref>
==Selected species== Interim Register of Marine and NonMarine Genera lists 202 species.<ref name="irmng">{{Cite web |title=IRMNG - ''Leptus'' Latreille, 1796 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1109613 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.irmng.org}}</ref> * ''Leptus ariel'' <small>Southcott, 1989</small> * ''Leptus berlesei'' * ''Leptus clavatus'' * ''Leptus intermedius'' <small>Meyer & Ryke, 1959</small> * ''Leptus monteithi'' <small>Southcott, 1993</small> * ''Leptus pozzoicus'' <small>Ryszard, 2007</small> * ''Leptus trimaculatus'' <small>Rossi, 1794</small> * ''Leptus vertiformis''
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Category:Erythraeidae Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille Category:Taxa described in 1796 Category:Trombidiformes genera
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