Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)

Leptophyes punctatissima
Other common names
Saltamontes punteado, Saltamontes verde punteado (Sp)
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Barbitistini
Genus:	Leptophyes
Scientific name
Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)
Geography
Native countries:
Bulgaria Germany Italy Liechtenstein Romania Russia Austria Hungary Ireland Netherlands Slovakia Spain Switzerland Slovenia Belgium Croatia Norway Poland Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Greece North Macedonia Serbia Sweden Luxembourg Portugal Ukraine United Kingdom Kosovo
Introduced countries:
Canada United States
Sound
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The Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Phaneropterinae (bush katydids).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Identification

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceLeptophyes punctatissima

Habitat

Herbicole

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Entirely flightless

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Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Africa Gomez — 60 specimens collected
• Lars Ove Hansen — 31 specimens collected
• Gilles San Martin — 19 specimens collected

• Claude Kolwelter — 19 specimens collected
• Jakob Fahr — 13 specimens collected
• Ross Mounce — 12 specimens collected
• Lars Willighagen — 12 specimens collected
• Andre Hospers — 12 specimens collected
• Paul Jean-Charles Braun — 11 specimens collected
• Raoul Gerend — 10 specimens collected
• Oddvar Hanssen — 8 specimens collected
• Sven Gippner — 8 specimens collected
• Tim Adriaens — 7 specimens collected
• Roland Achtziger — 6 specimens collected
• Christian Kahle — 6 specimens collected
• Tommy Andriollo — 6 specimens collected
• Emil Førby — 6 specimens collected
• Nicolas Noé — 5 specimens collected
• Valentin Moser — 5 specimens collected
• Douglas Ball — 4 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Africa Gomez — 279 specimens identified
• Holger Braun — 239 specimens identified
• Lars Ove Hansen — 79 specimens identified

• Gilles San Martin — 43 specimens identified
• Claude Kolwelter — 20 specimens identified
• Jakob Fahr — 15 specimens identified
• Ross Mounce — 12 specimens identified
• Lars Willighagen — 12 specimens identified
• Andre Hospers — 12 specimens identified
• Raoul Gerend — 10 specimens identified
• Emil Førby — 9 specimens identified
• Paul Jean-Charles Braun — 8 specimens identified
• Sven Gippner — 8 specimens identified
• Tim Adriaens — 7 specimens identified
• Tommy Andriollo — 6 specimens identified
• Francesco Vitali — 5 specimens identified
• Slobodan Ivkovic — 4 specimens identified
• William Stephens — 4 specimens identified
• Benjamín Hernández-Rodríguez — 4 specimens identified
• Roland Achtziger — 4 specimens identified

References

Taxon identifiers

ADWBBC ThingsBelgian Species ListBioLibBOLD SystemsBugGuideCalPhotosCatalogue of LifeCzech NDOPDyntaxaEASINEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)iNaturalistIRMNGIUCNNaturbasenNBIC scientific nameNBN System KeyNCBI taxonomyNederlands SoortenregisterObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)TAXREFUMLS CUIWoRMS-ID for taxaXeno-canto