Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792)
(Speckled Bush-cricket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
FamilyPHANEROPTERIDAE (speckled bush crickets)
OrderORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers and crickets)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket) :
1: Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
27 Jul 2014 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - anterior view Image 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 4: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 5: Female - dorso-lateral view (2)Image 6: Female - dorso-lateral view (3)Image 7: Female - dorso-lateral view (4)Image 8: Female - dorso-lateral view (5)Image 9: Female - front three-quarter viewImage 10: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 11: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-upImage 12: Female - latero-dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 13: Female - postero-dorsal view - close-upImage 14: Female - rear three-quarter view
2: Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
egg laying 2m up oak trunk at night
Image 1: Female - lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral view (2)Image 3: Female - lateral view (3)Image 4: Female - lateral view (4)Image 5: Female - lateral view - close-upImage 6: Female - lateral view - close-up (2)Image 7: Female - lateral view - close-up of ovipositorImage 8: Female - ventral viewImage 9: Female - ventral view - close-up
3: Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
25 Jul 1975 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male imago
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - rear three-quarters view

Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)

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