''Leptacris''
[Walker F (1870) ''Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum'' 4: 676.] is a genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grassh ...
in the family
Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...
, subfamily
Hemiacridinae
The HemiacridinaeDirsh VM (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 108 223-356. are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Sp ...
; species have been recorded from Africa and tropical Asia.
Species
The
Catalogue of Life
The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ...
lists:
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*'' Leptacris filiformis'' Walker, 1870 - type species (locality India, ]Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
)
*'' Leptacris javanica'' Willemse, 1955
*'' Leptacris kraussi'' Bolívar, 1890
*'' Leptacris liyang'' Tsai, 1929
*'' Leptacris maxima'' Karny, 1907
*'' Leptacris monteiroi'' Bolívar, 1890
*'' Leptacris taeniata'' Stål, 1873
References