''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 in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 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 bec ...
, 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. S ...
; species have been recorded from Africa and tropical Asia.
Species
The
Catalogue of Life lists:
[
*'' Leptacris filiformis'' Walker, 1870 - type species (locality India, ]Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
)
*'' 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