Leptophyes

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Leptophyes
Leptophyes albovittata

Leptophyes albovittata

Systematics
Order : Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
Subordination : Long- probe horror (Ensifera)
Superfamily : Tree locusts (Tettigonioidea)
Family : Tettigoniidae
Subfamily : Phaneropterinae
Genre : Leptophyes
Scientific name
Leptophyes
Fever , 1853

Leptophyes is agenus of locusts from the subfamily of sickle hornets (Phaneropterinae).

features

The antennae are up to four times as long as the body. The legs are long. Most often the anterior tibes are twice as long as the pronotum . The subgenital plate of the males is long and in situ either longer or only slightly shorter than the cerci . Often times the cerci of the males are almost straight. The ovipositor is thick at its base, but suddenly compressed on the sides. It is very finely indented.

Occurrence

The range of the genus includes Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, Shoah in Ethiopia and Kashmir.

Systematics

The genus includes the following 19 species:

supporting documents

literature

  • Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leptophyes at Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed November 8, 2011

Web links

Commons : Leptophyes  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Leptophyes in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 16, 2011