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    Leptophyes

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    Leptophyes
    Leptophyes punctatissima
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Orthoptera
    Suborder: Ensifera
    Family: Tettigoniidae
    Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
    Tribe: Barbitistini
    Genus: Leptophyes
    Fieber, 1853

    Leptophyes is a genus of bush-crickets (family Tettigoniidae) found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The genus was erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853.

    Description[edit]

    In these bush-crickets the antennae are up to four times as long as the body. The legs are quite long. The tibiae are twice as long as the pronotum.

    Distribution[edit]

    Species within this genus are present in Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, Ethiopia and Kashmir.[1]

    Species[edit]

    Species within this genus include:[2]

    • Leptophyes albovittata (Kollar, 1833)
    • Leptophyes angusticauda Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
    • Leptophyes bolivari Kirby, 1906
    • Leptophyes boscii Fieber, 1853
    • Leptophyes calabra Kleukers, Odé & Fontana, 2010
    • Leptophyes discoidalis (Frivaldsky, 1867)
    • Leptophyes festae Giglio-Tos, 1893
    • Leptophyes helleri Sevgili, 2004
    • Leptophyes intermedia Ingrisch & Pavicevic, 2010
    • Leptophyes iranica (Ramme, 1939)
    • Leptophyes karanae Naskrecki & Ünal, 1995
    • Leptophyes laticauda (Frivaldsky, 1867)
    • Leptophyes lisae Heller, 1988
    • Leptophyes nigrovittata Uvarov, 1921
    • Leptophyes peneri Harz, 1970
    • Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)
    • Leptophyes purpureopunctatus Garai, 2002
    • Leptophyes sicula Kleukers, Odé & Fontana, 2010
    • Leptophyes trivittata Bei-Bienko, 1950

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Fauna Europaea
    2. ^ Orthoptera on line
    • Kurt Harz: Die Orthopteren Europas. Band 1, Dr. W. Junk N. V., Den Haag 1969.

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