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Leptynia caprai

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Leptynia caprai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Bacillidae
Genus: Leptynia
Species:
L. caprai
Binomial name
Leptynia caprai
Scali, 1996

Leptynia caprai is a species of stick insect which is endemic to Spain.[1] In 1998 the species was studied by Anna Paola Bianchi and Patrizia Meliado who discovered that the species have 40 chromosomes.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Leptynia caprai Scali, 1996". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Anna Paola Bianchi; Patrizia Meliado (1998). "Analysis of the karyotypes of four species of the Leptynia attenuata complex (Insecta Phasmatodea)" (PDF). Caryologia. 51 (3–4). Rome, Italy: University of Rome: 207–219.