Leptopternis
{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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Leptopternis is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, unplaced in subfamily Oedipodinae, erected by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1884de Saussure HLF (1884) Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 28(9): 193, 198, 209. (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).
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1104640 Orthoptera Species File: genus Leptopternis Saussure, 1884 (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 25 January 2024)] lists:
- Leptopternis gracilis {{Au|(Eversmann, 1848)}} - type species (as Oedipoda gracilis Eversmann, by subsequent designation.Kirby WF (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2): 674 pp.
- Leptopternis iliensis {{Au|Uvarov, 1925}}
- Leptopternis maculata {{Au|Vosseler, 1902}}
- Leptopternis rothschildi {{Au|Bolívar, 1913}}
- Leptopternis vosseleri {{Au|Bolívar, 1914}}
References
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External links
- {{wikispecies inline|Unassigned Oedipodinae}}
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