Leptophyes
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| Leptophyes | |
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| Leptophyes punctatissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Tribe: | Barbitistini |
| Genus: | Leptophyes Fieber, 1853 |
Leptophyes is a genus of bush-crickets (family Tettigoniidae) found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The genus was erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853.
In these bush-crickets the antennae are up to four times as long as the body. The legs are quite long. The tibiae are twice as long as the pronotum.
Distribution
Species within this genus are present in Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, Ethiopia and Kashmir.[1]
