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 edit
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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q10559490 entry