Fine Art

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Romaleidae
Subfamilia: Romaleinae
Tribus: Eurostacrini - Hisychiini - Leguini - Phaeopariini - Procolpini - Romaleini - Trybliophorini - Unassigned

Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae.[1][2][3]

Tribes and genera

These tribes and genera belong to the subfamily Romaleinae:
Tribes A-H

Acrideumerus Descamps, 1979
Acridophaea Descamps, 1979
Agriacris Walker, 1870
Aplatacris Scudder, 1875
Aprionacris Descamps, 1978
Brasilacris Rehn, 1940
Chariacris Walker, 1870
Cibotopteryx Rehn, 1905
Cloephoracris Descamps, 1979
Coryacris Rehn, 1909
Costalimacris Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
Diponthus Stål, 1861
Eidalcamenes Rosas Costa, 1957
Eurostacris Descamps, 1978
Gurneyacris Liebermann, 1958
Hisychius Stål, 1878
Pareusychius Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
Porphoracris Descamps, 1979
Prionacris Stål, 1878
Pseudaristia Carbonell, 2002
Pseudeurostacris Descamps, 1978
Pseudhisychius Descamps, 1979
Staleochlora Roberts & Carbonell, 1992

Leguini

Auth: Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986

Ampiacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986
Legua Walker, 1870
Proracris Uvarov, 1940

Phaeopariini

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

Abila Stål, 1878
Albinella Carbonell, 2002
Aristia Stål, 1876
Costarica Koçak & Kemal, 2008
Epiprora Gerstaecker, 1889
Graciliparia Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
Maculiparia Jago, 1980
Phaeoparia Stål, 1873
Pseudaristia Carbonell, 2002
Stornophilacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1978
Tepuiacris Carbonell, 2002

Procolpini
Aeolacris caternaulti

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

subtribe Prionolophina Rehn & Grant, 1959

Alcamenes Stål, 1878
Colpolopha Stål, 1873
Draconata Pictet & Saussure, 1887
Helionotus Rehn, 1909
Prionolopha Stål, 1873
Securigera Bolívar, 1909
Xyleus Gistel, 1848

subtribe Procolpina Giglio-Tos, 1898

Aeolacris Scudder, 1875
Munatia Stål, 1875
Procolpia Stål, 1873
Prorhachis Scudder, 1875
Xomacris Rehn, 1955

Romaleini

Auth: Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Alophonota Stål, 1873
Antandrus Stål, 1878
Aplatacris Scudder, 1875
Brachystola Scudder, 1876 (grassland lubbers)
Callonotacris Rehn, 1909
Chromacris Walker, 1870
Coryacris Rehn, 1909
Costalimacris Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
Diponthus Stål, 1861
Dracotettix Bruner, 1889 (dragon lubbers)
Eidalcamenes Rosas Costa, 1957
Gurneyacris Liebermann, 1958
Limacridium Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
Litoscirtus Bruner, 1907
Phrynotettix Glover, 1872 (toad lubbers)
Radacridium Carbonell, 1984
Romalea Serville, 1831 (lubber grasshopper)
Spaniacris Hebard, 1937
Taeniopoda Stål, 1873
Thrasyderes Bolívar, 1881
Tytthotyle Scudder, 1897
Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913
Zoniopoda Stål, 1873

Tropidacrini
Tropidacris cristata

Auth: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Titanacris Scudder, 1869
Tropidacris Scudder, 1869

Trybliophorini

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

Trybliophorus Serville, 1831

tribe not placed

Quitus Hebard, 1924

References

"Romaleinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
"Romaleinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-06-16.

Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-16.

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.
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 978-1-889002-04-0.

Insects, Fine Art Prints

Insects Images

Biology Encyclopedia

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Home - Hellenica World