Metaleptea

Metaleptea is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Metaleptea, found in North, Central, and South America.^[1][2][3]

Metaleptea
Metaleptea adspersa, Perú
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Acridinae
Tribe:	Hyalopterygini
Genus:	Metaleptea Giglio-Tos, 1897

Species

These species belong to the genus Metaleptea:

• Metaleptea adspersa (Blanchard, 1843)
• Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) (clip-wing grasshopper)