Leptynia caprai
Appearance
Leptynia caprai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Bacillidae |
Genus: | Leptynia |
Species: | L. caprai
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Binomial name | |
Leptynia caprai Scali, 1996
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Leptynia caprai is a species of stick insect which is endemic to Spain.[1] In 1998 the species was studied by Anna Paola Bianchi and Patrizia Meliado who discovered that the species have 40 chromosomes.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leptynia caprai Scali, 1996". 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.