| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptynia attenuata Pantel, 1890 | |
Leptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.
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.
References
- "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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| Leptynia attenuata |
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