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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Leptysma Stål, 1873

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Leptysma Stål, 1873

Nomenclature (19)

  • Leptysma Stål, 1873: 42, 85.

    type species by subsequent designation Opsomala [sic] marginicollis Serville, 1838 in Rehn, 1904

  • Leptysma Stål, 1873 in Stål, 1876: 41.
  • Leptysma Stål, 1873 in Rowell, 2013: 260.
  • Leptysma Stål, 1873 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 287.

References (18)

  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1888) Enumération des Orthoptères de l'île de Cuba. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, 1, 116–164. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/9485#page/132/mode/1up
  • Gundlach, J. (1891) Ortopteros. In Contribución a la Entomología Cubaña. G. Montiel, La Habana. Vol. 2, Issue 4, 289–396 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105019#page/1/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico. Cambridge, Mass., 87 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/guidetogeneracla00scudrich
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Notes on Orthoptera from northern and central Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 513–549. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/563/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Bruner, L. (1911) South American Acridoidea. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 8(1), 5–147. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37006
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Saltatorial Orthoptera from South America and the Isle of Pines. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 5–91. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118#page/19/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Liebermann, J. (1939) Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 10, 125–230. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/58220
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Eades, D.C. (1961) The tribe Leptysmini (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae) as found in North America and Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 113, 81–134.
  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Roberts, H.R. (1977) A revision of the tribe Leptysmini except the genus Cylindrotettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Leptysminae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 129, 33–69. [1978] Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=6aIbLPOsj-kC
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek λεπτός (thin, slender, delicate) or λεπτυσμος (thinning), alluding to slender appearance.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species50510
Subspecies30710