Leptysmini
Stenacris vitreipennis, Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Leptysminae
Tribe: Leptysmini
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Leptysmini is a tribe of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 genera and more than 30 described species in Leptysmini, found in North, Central, and South America. [1]

Genera

These nine genera belong to the tribe Leptysmini:

  • Belosacris Rehn & Eades, 1961
  • Carbonellacris Roberts, 1977
  • Columbacris Bruner, 1911
  • Cylindrotettix Bruner, 1906
  • Leptysma Stål, 1873
  • Leptysmina Giglio-Tos, 1894
  • Seabratettix Roberts, 1980
  • Stenacris Walker, 1870
  • Tucayaca Bruner, 1920

References

  1. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "tribe Leptysmini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

Further reading

  • 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.


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