Leptus sp.? - Leptus - BugGuide.Net

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… tom murray, 22 August, 2010 - 8:19pm

Received

I received the specimen, it is indeed Leptus, and an awesome one at that. The specimen was shriveled upon arrival... but I hope I can get DNA out of it nevertheless. Thanks so much for the specimen!

… Ray Fisher, 22 August, 2010 - 7:59pm

Moved

Moved from Mites and Ticks.
Ray, I saved it, and will send it out to you.

… tom murray, 16 July, 2010 - 4:50pm

Fantastic!

Thanks a bunch. It would be especially great to get several alive so we can get the females to lay eggs, and then correlate larva and adult (likely described as two separate species right now). Of course, this could be a new species altogether, which would also be cool.

… Ray Fisher, 16 July, 2010 - 6:00pm

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I'll have to go back to the same place and see if I can find any others.

… tom murray, 16 July, 2010 - 10:05pm

Specimen?

Hey Tom, I don't mean to pester you, but do you still plan to ship this specimen?

… Ray Fisher, 13 August, 2010 - 5:00pm

Still got it

I had forgotten all about this little guy. It's been in the back corner of the fridge. I'll mail it out to you in the next day or two.

… tom murray, 13 August, 2010 - 5:09pm

Great!

Thanks! I can't wait to see it :)

… Ray Fisher, 13 August, 2010 - 6:42pm

Erythraeidae

Awesome! You caught one! I don't suppose you still have this and are willing to send it? This specimen could solve some questions I'm having about this genus (Leptus). The patterned Leptus we get here are polka dotted (at least as deutonymphs) and attack opilionids and scorpions. So I'm betting this beast attacks opilionids as larvae.

Leptus adults typically do have black setae in life. On this specimen, the purple coloring on the idiosoma is almost certainly created from a red body with black setae. That's what we're finding on our AR specimens anyway.

… Ray Fisher, 16 July, 2010 - 3:47pm

H.C. Proctor: "Erythraeidae, probably not a Leptus sp.,

"...which tend to have black hairs, but I wouldn't bet my life on it."

… v belov, 16 July, 2010 - 1:46pm