Leprus
Leprus intermedius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Hippiscini
Genus: Leprus
Saussure, 1861

Leprus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Leprus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Leprus:

  • Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861)
  • Leprus intermedius Saussure, 1884 (Saussure's blue-winged grasshopper)
  • Leprus wheelerii (Thomas, C., 1875) (Wheeler's blue-winged grasshopper)

References

  1. "Leprus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Leprus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Leprus Saussure, 1861". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Media related to Leprus at Wikimedia Commons


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