Leptysminae

Leptysminae
Leptysma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Leptysminae
Tribes
Chloropseustini Amédégnato, 1974 Leptysmini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 Tetrataeniini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America. ^[1]

Genera

These 21 genera belong to the subfamily Leptysminae: ^[1]

• Belosacris Rehn & Eades, 1961 ^{c g}
• Carbonellacris Roberts, 1977 ^{c g}
• Chloropseustes Rehn, 1918 ^{c g}
• Columbacris Bruner, 1911 ^{c g}
• Cornops Scudder, 1875 ^{c g}
• Cylindrotettix Bruner, 1906 ^{c g}
• Eumastusia Bruner, 1911 ^{c g}
• Guetaresia Rehn, 1929 ^{c g}
• Haroldgrantia Carbonell, Ronderos & Mesa, 1967 ^{c g}
• Leptysma Stål, 1873 ^{i c g b}
• Leptysmina Giglio-Tos, 1894 ^{c g}
• Mastusia Stål, 1878 ^{c g}
• Nadiacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 ^{c g}
• Oxybleptella Giglio-Tos, 1894 ^{c g}
• Oxyphyma Saussure, 1861 ^{c g}
• Seabratettix Roberts, 1980 ^{c g}
• Stenacris Walker, 1870 ^{i c g b}
• Stenopola Stål, 1873 ^{c g}
• Tetrataenia Stål, 1873 ^{c g}
• Tucayaca Bruner, 1920 ^{c g}
• Xenismacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[4] b = Bugguide.net ^[5]

References

1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2018-12-29.
2. "Leptysminae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
3. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-12-29.
4. "GBIF" . Retrieved 2018-12-29.
5. "Leptysminae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

Further reading

• Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN   978-1565250178.
• Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN   978-1-889002-04-0. Archived from the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

External links

• Media related to Leptysminae at Wikimedia Commons