Tropidacris

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: Romaleini
Genus: Tropidacris
Species: T. collaris – T. cristata – T. descampsi
Name

Tropidacris Scudder, 1869: 338

Type species: Tropidacris rex Scudder, 1758; fixation: monotypy

References
Primary references

Scudder, S.H. 1869. Notes on Orthoptera collected by Prof. James Orton on either side of the Andes of Equatorial South America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 330–345. BHL Reference page.

Links

Tropidacris in the Orthoptera Species File database, accessed on 25/10/2013.

Tropidacris is a genus of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae.[3][4] Species within this genus are present in Central and Southern America. They are among the largest grasshoppers in the world by length and wingspan, reaching up to 12 cm (4.7 in) and 23 cm (9.1 in) respectively.[5]
Species

Tropidacris collaris (Stoll, 1813)
Tropidacris cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tropidacris descampsi Carbonell, 1986

References

* Scudder, 1869 : Notes on Orthoptera collected by Professor James Orton on either side of the Andes of Equatorial South America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 12, p. 330-356
Hebard. 1923. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 49:252
Orthoptera Species File
Catalogue of life
Flindt, R. (2006). Amazing Numbers in Biology. Springer. p. 10. ISBN 978-3-540-30146-2.