# Metaleptea

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{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Metaleptea adspersa - inat 148230823.jpg
| image_caption = ''Metaleptea adspersa'', Perú
| taxon = Metaleptea
| authority = Giglio-Tos, 1897
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Metaleptea''''' is a genus of [short-horned grasshopper](/source/short-horned_grasshopper)s in the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae). There are at least two described species in ''Metaleptea'', found in North, Central, and South America.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugguide/><ref name=Otte2020/>

==Species==
These species belong to the genus ''Metaleptea'':
* ''[Metaleptea adspersa](/source/Metaleptea_adspersa)'' <small>(Blanchard, 1843)</small>
* ''[Metaleptea brevicornis](/source/Metaleptea_brevicornis)'' <small>(Johannson, 1763)</small> (clip-wing grasshopper)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Metaleptea''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7236526
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2021-09-09
}}</ref>

<ref name=bugguide>
{{Cite web| title=''Metaleptea'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/7477
| website=BugGuide.net
| access-date=2021-09-09
}}</ref>

<ref name=Otte2020>
{{Cite web
| access-date = 2020-11-24
| title = genus Metaleptea Giglio-Tos, 1897
| date = 2020
| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel
| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta
| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger
| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.
| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1111468
| website = Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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Category:Acridinae

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