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Taxon: Family Leptidae Billberg, 1820 (mite)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  G.J. Billberg, 1820, orth. corr.
Original name & rank:  Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enum. Ins. Mus.: 126 ("Nat. Leptides"). ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Oudemans, 1941: 178.
Subsequent publication:  Sundevall, C.J. 1833. Consp. Arachn. (1): 39 ("Fam. 6. Leptides").

Attributes

Junior homonym (nom. illeg.: nom. praeocc.) [ICZN] Ref: Sabrosky, C.W. 1999. In F.C. Thompson (ed.), 1999. Myia 10: 173 ("Leptinae", "Southcott 1957"). [?]. [implicit]
Justified emendation of suffix (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 29.2, 34.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 6 Oct 2023.

Types

Type: Leptus (Genus) Latreille, 1796

Homonyms

Senior homonym: Leptidae (Family) Meigen, 1820 Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: 18 Jul 2016.

Synonyms

In: Erythraeidae (Family) Robineau-Desvoidy, 1828 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 84.
In: Erythreidae (Family) Robineau-Desvoidy, 1828 Ref: J. Hallan (comp.), [2003]: [18 Jul 2016]. [implicit]
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