Romaleinae

Romaleinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Romaleidae
Subfamily:Romaleinae

Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae. There are about 8 genera and 11 described species in Romaleinae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Romaleinae:[2][3]

  • Abila Stål, 1878
  • Brachystola Scudder, 1876 (grassland lubbers)
  • Dracotettix Bruner, 1889 (dragon lubbers)
  • Phrynotettix Glover, 1872 (toad lubbers)
  • Romalea Serville, 1831 (lubber grasshoppers)
  • Spaniacris Hebard, 1937 (spanistic desert grasshoppers)
  • Taeniopoda Stal, 1873 (horse lubbers)
  • Tytthotyle Scudder, 1897 (furnace heat lubbers)

References

  1. ↑ "Romaleinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "Romaleinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. 1 2 "Romaleinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
  • Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
  • Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia, eds. Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.


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