Leptynia attenuata

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Leptynia attenuata
Female Leptynia attenuata in Buarcos (Vale de Leão), Coimbra, Portugal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Phasmatodea
Family: Bacillidae
Genus: Leptynia
Species:
L. attenuata
Binomial name
Leptynia attenuata
Pantel, 1890

Leptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.[1]

Study[edit]

In 1998 the species was studied by Anna Paola Bianchi and Patrizia Meliado who discovered that the species have 36 chromosomes and is reproduced by amphigony.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Anna Paola Bianchi; Patrizia Meliado (1998). "Analysis of the karyotypes of four species of the Leptynia attenuata complex (Insecta Phasmatodea)" (PDF). Caryologia. 51 (3–4). Rome, Italy: University of Rome: 207–219.