Romaleidae
Romaleidae | |
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Giant South American grasshopper (Tropidacris violaceus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Romaleidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Subfamilies | |
Bactrophorinae |
The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus Romalea. The species in this family can be found in the Americas.
Tribes and selected genera[]
The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies:[1]
Bactrophorinae[]
Auth. Amédégnato, 1974;[2] distribution: central and tropical South America.
- Bactrophorini (Amédégnato, 1974)
- Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
- Westwood, 1842
- Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
- Rehn, 1938
- Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
- Stål, 1878
- Rehn, 1938
- Gerstaecker, 1889
- Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
- Ophthalmolampini (Descamps, 1977)
- Descamps, 1977
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1983
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1977
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1977
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Stål, 1878
- Descamps, 1983
- Saussure, 1859
- (Descamps, 1977)
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1977
- Descamps, 1978
- Taeniophorini (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps & Amédégnato, 1971
- Megacheilacris Descamps, 1978
- Stål, 1873
Romaleinae[]
Auth. (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893), selected genera:
- (Amédégnato, 1997)
- Descamps, 1978
- Descamps, 1978
- (Descamps, 1979)
- Stål, 1878
- Leguini (Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986)
- Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986
- Walker, 1870
- Uvarov, 1940
- Phaeopariini (Giglio-Tos, 1898)
- Abila Stål, 1878
- Stål, 1873
- (Giglio-Tos, 1898)
- Stål, 1873
- Romaleini (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)
- Dracotettix Bruner, 1889
- Phrynotettix Glover, 1872
- Romalea Serville, 1831 - monotypic - Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)
- Spaniacris Hebard, 1937
- Taeniopoda Stal, 1873
- Titanacris Scudder, 1869
- Tropidacris Scudder, 1869
- Tytthotyle Scudder, 1897
- (Giglio-Tos, 1898)
- Serville, 1831
Subfamily unassigned[]
- Genus Hebard, 1924
References[]
- ^ "Family Romaleidae". Orthoptera Species File Online. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Amédégnato (1974) Acrida 3(3): 199.
External links[]
Media related to Romaleidae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Romaleidae at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Romaleidae
- Orthoptera families
- Taxa named by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl