Romaleidae

Romaleidae
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 Romaleinae

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[]

Othnacris surdaster (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[]

Titanacris albipes

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[]

External links[]

Media related to Romaleidae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Romaleidae at Wikispecies