Biology:Leptynia attenuata
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Short description: Species of stick insect
| Leptynia attenuata | |
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| Female Leptynia attenuata in Buarcos (Vale de Leão), Coimbra, Portugal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Phasmatodea |
| Family: | Bacillidae |
| Genus: | Leptynia |
| Species: | L. attenuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890
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Leptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.[1]
Study
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
- ↑ "Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=337248. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ↑ Anna Paola Bianchi; Patrizia Meliado (1998). "Analysis of the karyotypes of four species of the Leptynia attenuata complex (Insecta Phasmatodea)" (PDF). Caryologia (Rome, Italy: University of Rome) 51 (3-4): 207–219. http://www.caryologia.unifi.it/past_volumes/51_3_4/5.PDF.
Wikidata ☰ Q10559490 entry
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