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Leptopterna

Leptopterna is a genus of plant bugs in the Miridae family.

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Leptopterna
Leptopterna dolabrata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Miridae
Tribe: Stenodemini
Genus: Leptopterna
Fieber, 1858
Type species
Leptopterna dolabrata
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Synonyms1

Lopomorphus Douglas and Scott 1865

Leptopterna is a genus of plant bugs in the Miridae family.234

List of species

  • Leptopterna albescens (Reuter, 1891)
  • Leptopterna amoena Uhler, 18725
  • Leptopterna dentifera Linnavuori, 1970
  • Leptopterna dolabrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leptopterna emeljanovi Vinokurov, 1982
  • Leptopterna euxina Vinokurov, 1982
  • Leptopterna ferrugata (Fallén, 1807)5
  • Leptopterna griesheimae Wagner, 1952
  • Leptopterna pilosa Reuter, 1880

Former species

  • Leptopterna silacea Bliven 1973 junior synonym of Leptopterna amoena Uhler, 18725
References

References

  1. Reuter, Odo Morannal (1910). "Neue Beiträge zur Phylogenie und Systematik der Miriden nebst einleitenden Bemerkungen über die Phylogenie der Heteropteren-Familien. Mit einer Stammbaumstafel" (PDF). Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae (in German). 37 (3): 1–167. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 January 2014.
  2. Schwartz, Michael D. (2008). "Revision of the Stenodemini with a review of the included genera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 110 (4): 1111–1201. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-110.4.1111.
  3. "Leptopterna Fieber, 1858". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. Kerzhner I. M.; Josifov M. (1999). "Miridae". In Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3, Cimicomorpha II. Amsterdam: Netherlands Entomological Society. pp. 1–577, pages 186–188. ISBN 978-90-71912-19-1.
  5. Scudder, Geoffrey G. E.; Schwartz, Michael D. (2001). "The genus Leptopterna Fieber (Heteroptera: Miridae: Stenodemini) in North America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 103 (4): 797–806.