Leptopternis is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, unplaced in subfamily Oedipodinae, erected by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1884[1] (originally placed as a subgenus of Sphingonotus). The recorded distribution of species is: North Africa, Europe (Russia) through to central Asia (but records are probably incomplete).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Genus: | Leptopternis Saussure, 1884 |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptoternis Harz, 1975 | |
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Species edit
The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:
- Leptopternis gracilis (Eversmann, 1848) - type species (as Oedipoda gracilis Eversmann, by subsequent designation.[3]
- Leptopternis iliensis Uvarov, 1925
- Leptopternis maculata Vosseler, 1902
- Leptopternis rothschildi Bolívar, 1913
- Leptopternis vosseleri Bolívar, 1914
References edit
- ^ de Saussure HLF (1884) Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 28(9): 193, 198, 209.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Leptopternis Saussure, 1884 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 25 January 2024)
- ^ Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2): 674 pp.
External links edit
Data related to Unassigned Oedipodinae at Wikispecies
