title: Leptophyes
text: # Leptophyes
  
  Leptophyes is a genus of bush-crickets (family Tettigoniidae) found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The genus was erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853.
  
  ## Description
  
  In these bush-crickets the antennae are up to four times as long as the body. The legs are quite long. The tibiae are twice as long as the pronotum.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Species within this genus are present in Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, Ethiopia and Kashmir.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within this genus include:
  
  * Leptophyes albovittata (Kollar, 1833)
  * Leptophyes angusticauda Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
  * Leptophyes bolivari Kirby, 1906
  * Leptophyes boscii Fieber, 1853
  * Leptophyes calabra Kleukers, Odé & Fontana, 2010
  * Leptophyes discoidalis (Frivaldsky, 1867)
  * Leptophyes festae Giglio-Tos, 1893
  * Leptophyes helleri Sevgili, 2004
  * Leptophyes intermedia Ingrisch & Pavicevic, 2010
  * Leptophyes iranica (Ramme, 1939)
  * Leptophyes karanae Naskrecki & Ünal, 1995
  * Leptophyes laticauda (Frivaldsky, 1867)
  * Leptophyes lisae Heller, 1988
  * Leptophyes nigrovittata Uvarov, 1921
  * Leptophyes peneri Harz, 1970
  * Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)
  * Leptophyes purpureopunctatus Garai, 2002
  * Leptophyes sicula Kleukers, Odé & Fontana, 2010
  * Leptophyes trivittata Bei-Bienko, 1950
  