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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Beauvois Ambroise Marie François Joseph (1817) Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique dans les royaumes d'Oware à Saint–Domingue et dans les Etats–Unis pendant les années 1786–1797. 276 pp. 90 pl.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Romaleidae
genus
Romalea
species
Romalea microptera

Name

Synonyms
Acridium micropterum Palisot de Beauvois, 1817
Dictyophorus guttatus (Stoll, 1813)
Dictyophorus marci
Dictyophorus micropterus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)
Dictyophorus reticulatus Thunberg, 1815
Gryllus guttatus Stoll, 1813
Rhomalea gigantea Burmeister, 1838
Rhomalea marci Serville, 1838
Rhomalea micropterum (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)
Romalea gloveri Kirby, 1910
Romalea guttata (Stoll, 1813)
Romalea marci Serville, 1838
Homonyms
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)
Common names
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper in English
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bruner, L. 1907. Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2:230
  2. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 149, Plate 32
  3. Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida, University of Florida Press, Gainesville 126
  4. Capinera. 2008. Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Beauvois) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Encyclopedia of Entomology 5:1268-1270
  5. Charpentier. 1845. Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845], L. Woss, Lipsiae [Leipzig] Tab. 49
  6. Dirsh. 1961. A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent.) 10(9):394
  7. Eades. 2000. Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 9:204
  8. Hebard. 1916. Spring Orthoptera found on the islands in the vicinity of Charlotte harbour, Florida. Entomological News (Entomol. News) 27(1):19
  9. Helms, C.M. Booth, J. Rivera, Siegler, Wuellner & Whitman. 2003. Lubber grasshoppers, Romalea microptera (Beauvois), orient to plant odors in a wind tunnel. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 12(2):135-140
  10. Jones, J.C. 1981. The anatomy of a grasshopper (Romalea microptera), Thomas, Springfield
  11. Kevan, D.K.M. 1980. Romalea guttata (Houttuyn), name change for well-known "eastern lubber grasshopper" (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 91(4):139
  12. Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):369
  13. Mefferd, Hatch, Burries & Whitman. 2005. Plasticity in the length of the ovulation-oviposition interval in the lubber grasshopper Romalea microptera. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 14(1):31-32
  14. Otte, D. 1995. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 4:51
  15. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518.
  16. Palisot de Beauvois. 1817. Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique dans les royaumes d'Oware à Saint–Domingue et dans les Etats–Unis pendant les années 1786–1797 146
  17. Pictet & Saussure. 1887. Catalogue d'Acridiens. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft (Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch.) 7(9):347
  18. Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1959. A review of the Romaleinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) found in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 111:249
  19. Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Monographs Acad. nat. Sci. Philad.) 12:233
  20. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. On the Orthoptera found on the Florida Keys and in extreme southern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 64(2):256
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