Leptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.[1]
| 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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Study
editIn 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- ^ "Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. 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. 51 (3–4). Rome, Italy: University of Rome: 207–219.
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