Brachystola
Brachystola is a genus of grassland lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in the United States and Mexico. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in North America. The species Brachystola magna happens to have large and easily visible meiotic chromosomes, and was used in early genetic studies.[1][2][3][4][5]
Brachystola magna
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Romaleidae |
| Subfamily: | Romaleinae |
| Tribe: | Romaleini |
| Genus: | Brachystola Scudder, 1876 |
Species
These six species belong to the genus Brachystola:
- Brachystola behrensii Scudder, 1877
- Brachystola eiseni Bruner, 1906
- Brachystola magna (Girard, 1853) (plains lubber grasshopper)
- Brachystola mexicana Bruner, 1904
- Brachystola ponderosa Bruner, 1906
- Brachystola virescens (Charpentier, 1845)
References
- "Brachystola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Brachystola". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- "Brachystola genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Brachystola Scudder, 1876". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- Crow, Ernest W.; Crow, James F. (2002). "100 Years Ago: Walter Sutton and the Chromosome Theory of Heredity". Genetics. 160 (1).
Further reading
- 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.
- Jackman, John A.; Drees, Bastiaan M. (1998). A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects. Gulf Publishing. ISBN 9780877192633.
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