Revision of the genus Metaleptea Brunner von Wattenwyl (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Hyalopterygini)

In this study Metaleptea is redescribed based on characters from the extern al morphology and genitalia. The two known subspecies proposed by Rehn (194 4) for M. brevicornis (M. b. brevicornis and M. b. adspersa) are considered separate species based on characters found in the male genitalia and femal e subgenital plate. To analyze if these species show geographic variation i n body size, measurements of morphological characteristics were made on adu lts collected from different localities over the known distributions. Multi variate analyses results showed that there is no evidence of direct relatio nship between the body size variation and the geographic distribution of sp ecimens, although the species are highly variable in size and color pattern s.