Leptophyes

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Leptophyes
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Leptophyes punctatissima
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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.

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Description

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

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

Species

Species within this genus include: [2]

References

  1. "Fauna Europaea". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. Orthoptera on line