Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
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Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22073/pja.2026.578667.1003
Abstract
The genus Leptus (larvae) is revised based on type specimens and other specimens from species and locations
worldwide. A total of 220 species were identified and divided into 8 morpho-groups, and 40 subgroups of species; the
following synonymies were also made: Leptus (Leptus) eslamizadehi as a junior synonym of L. (L.) trimaculatus, L.
(L.) ilzae as a junior synonym of L. (L.) kyushuensis, L. (L.) laplandicus as a junior synonym of L. (L.) clethrionomydis,
L. (L.) alopecurus as a junior synonym of L. (L.) alvimordax, L. (L.) annikae as a junior synonym of L. (L.) cercopius,
L. (L.) welbourni as a junior synonym of L. (L.) ghiradellae, L. (L.) laviniacus as a junior synonym of L. (L.) agenori,
L. (L.) machilidis as a junior synonym of L. (L.) albertensis, L. (L.) gyas as a junior synonym of L. (L.) meloidarum,
L. (L.) coloanensis as a junior synonym of L. (L.) astrubali, and L. (L.) sidorchukae as a junior synonym of L. (L.)
maldonadoicus. In addition, tibial and tarsal chaetotactic maps are shown, leg chaetotaxy is discussed, and keys to
species groups, subgroups, and species are included. We amended and provided new morphological data for 109
species.
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