Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sometimes considered part of the
Cyrtacanthacridinae- Migratory Bird Locusts.
Orthoptera Species File Online lists as a separate subfamily:
Leptysminae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.
Explanation of Names
Author of subfamily is Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893. See genus
Leptysma.
Numbers
The tribe Leptysmini includes approximately 8 genera and 42 species, all from the Neotropics, with a few species ranging somewhat north or south of the tropics.
Identification
Slender roughly cylindrical grasshoppers with strongly receding slanting faces (sometimes nearly horizontal). Wings slender, tapering and narrowly rounded to nearly pointed apically when folded. There is a strong tubercle between the base of the front legs on the prosternum. Easily confused with some Gomphocerinae and Acridinae.
See Also
Gomphocerinae - Slant-faced Grasshoppers
Acridinae - Silent Slantfaced Grasshoppers
