Genus Leptysma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Toothpick Grasshopper - Leptysma marginicollis

Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper - Leptysma marginicollis

Another Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper? - Leptysma marginicollis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Leptysminae

Genus Leptysma

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Stål, 1873. From Greek leptos meaning slender (?), and Latin (?) suffix -ismo, an intensifier (Internet searches).

Numbers

Nomina Insecta Neartica lists only 1 North American species: marginicollis.

Print References

"Grasshoppers of Florida" (1), pp. 87-88

"American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico" (2), p. 175

Internet References

Try the "Grasshoppers of Florida" key/pdf file (3) for identification.

Works Cited

1.	Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida) By John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

3.	Grasshoppers of Florida

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:41pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 13 March, 2007 - 5:28am

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