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Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America.

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taxon
Parent taxon
Acrididae
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Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper - Leptysma marginicollis, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg
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taxon name
Leptysminae
taxon rank
subfamily
taxon common name
Spur-throat Toothpick Grasshoppers
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Leptysminae
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Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America.

==Genera== These 21 genera belong to the subfamily Leptysminae: Belosacris Rehn & Eades, 1961 c g Carbonellacris Roberts, 1977 c g Chloropseustes Rehn, 1918 c g Columbacris Bruner, 1911 c g Cornops Scudder, 1875 c g Cylindrotettix Bruner, 1906 c g Eumastusia Bruner, 1911 c g Guetaresia Rehn, 1929 c g Haroldgrantia Carbonell, Ronderos & Mesa, 1967 c g Leptysma Stål, 1873 i c g b Leptysmina Giglio-Tos, 1894 c g Mastusia Stål, 1878 c g Nadiacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 c g Oxybleptella Giglio-Tos, 1894 c g Oxyphyma Saussure, 1861 c g Seabratettix Roberts, 1980 c g Stenacris Walker, 1870 i c g b Stenopola Stål, 1873 c g Tetrataenia Stål, 1873 c g Tucayaca Bruner, 1920 c g Xenismacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 c g

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