Leptoteratura

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Leptoteratura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Meconematinae
Tribe: Meconematini
Genus: Leptoteratura
Yamasaki, 1982 [1]

Leptoteratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini in the subfamily Meconematinae. They are found in Japan, China (including Taiwan), Vietnam, and Malesia. [2]

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species: [2]

  1. Leptoteratura albicornis (Motschulsky, 1866)
    – type species (as Meconema albicorne Motschulsky)
  2. Leptoteratura cemande Gorochov, 2008
  3. Leptoteratura digitata Yamasaki, 1987
  4. Leptoteratura emarginata Liu, 2004
  5. Leptoteratura gialai Gorochov, 2008
  6. Leptoteratura jona Yamasaki, 1987
  7. Leptoteratura kevani Gorochov, 1998
  8. Leptoteratura koncharangi Gorochov, 1998
  9. Leptoteratura martynovi Gorochov, 1998
  10. Leptoteratura sugonjaevi Gorochov, 1994
  11. Leptoteratura taiwana Yamasaki, 1987
  12. Leptoteratura triura Liu, 1997
  13. Leptoteratura yaeyamana Yamasaki, 1987 (2 subspecies)

Note: before 2022, the genus Rhinoteratura was placed here as the subgenus Leptoteratura (Rhinoteratura). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Yamasaki (1982) Bulletin Natn. Sci. Mus. Ser. A (Zool.) Tokyo 8(3): 119.
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 29 August 2022)
  3. ↑ Gorochov AV (2022) Far Eastern Entomologist 459: 19.

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