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Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)

Speckled Bush-cricket; La Sauterelle ponctuée; Punktierte Zartschrecke
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): male (Poznan, Poland). (Otu).
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): male (Poznan, Poland). (Otu).
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): female (Poznan, Poland). (Otu).
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): male (France). (Otu).
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): female (Poland, Poznan). (Otu).
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792): female (Poland, Poznan). (Otu).

Nomenclature (85)

  • Locusta punctatissima Bosc, 1792: 44.

    Holotype; male; f849ae57-e6e0-420c-b7e7-4c89a8326957; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); France: Île-de-France: Paris area

  • Locusta autumnalis Hagenbach, 1822: 25.

    Syntype; 4b1adef1-4847-45ee-9223-8bfe21dd234a; Basel

  • Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792) in Heller, Korsunovskaya, Massa & Iorgu, 2018: 49.
  • Locusta (Barbitistes) automnalis [sic] (Hagenbach, 1822) (misspelling of Locusta autumnalis Hagenbach, 1822)

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Superlative of punctata, very strongly punctate.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species101213