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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

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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

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

Species

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Species within this genus include:[2]

References

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  • Kurt Harz: Die Orthopteren Europas. Band 1, Dr. W. Junk N. V., Den Haag 1969.
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