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Romaleidae
The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus ''Romalea''. The species in this family can be found in the Americas. It is known to be polyphagous, but there is not much else known regarding its diet. The descriptive "lubber" is nautical slang for a big and clumsy person, referring to this grasshopper's limited or nonexistent ability to fly, seemingly clumsy and narrow range of movement, and relatively large size. Tribes and selected genera The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies: Bactrophorinae Auth. Amédégnato, 1974;Amédégnato (1974) ''Acrida'' 3(3): 199. distribution: central and tropical South America. * Bactrophorini (Amédégnato, 1974) ** ''Andeomezentia'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994 ** ''Bactrophora'' Westwood, 1842 ** ''Bora (grasshopper), Bora'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** ''Cristobalina'' Rehn, 1938 ** ''Hyleacris'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** ''Mezentia'' Stål, 1878 ** ''Panamacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidacris Collaris
''Tropidacris collaris'', the blue-winged grasshopper or violet-winged grasshopper, is a large South American species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. As suggested by its name, in flight the wings are usually conspicuously blue, but they can occasionally be grayish or greenish. Adult males are typically long and females typically long; the wingspan is usually about . The gregarious and flightless Nymph (biology), nymphs are aposematically colored in black, red and yellow and are presumed to be toxic; a researcher who tasted one noted, that it was very bitter, similar to a monarch butterfly. ''Tropidacris collaris'' is common in a wide range of habitats from rainforests to dry open areas like Caatinga and Cerrado. It is widespread in South America east of the Andes, from Colombia and the Guianas to central Argentina, but generally avoiding highlands. They feed on many types of plants, including several species of agricultural crops, trees grown in plantations and ornamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bactrophorinae
The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus '' Romalea''. The species in this family can be found in the Americas. It is known to be polyphagous, but there is not much else known regarding its diet. The descriptive "lubber" is nautical slang for a big and clumsy person, referring to this grasshopper's limited or nonexistent ability to fly, seemingly clumsy and narrow range of movement, and relatively large size. Tribes and selected genera The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies: Bactrophorinae Auth. Amédégnato, 1974;Amédégnato (1974) ''Acrida'' 3(3): 199. distribution: central and tropical South America. * Bactrophorini (Amédégnato, 1974) ** '' Andeomezentia'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994 ** '' Bactrophora'' Westwood, 1842 ** '' Bora'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** '' Cristobalina'' Rehn, 1938 ** '' Hyleacris'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** '' Mezentia'' Stål, 1878 ** '' Panamacris'' Rehn, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romalea
''Romalea'' is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. As traditionally defined, it contains a single species, ''Romalea microptera'', known commonly as the Georgia thumper, eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper, although some recent authorities regard '' Taeniopoda'' as a junior synonym, in which case there are about a dozen ''Romalea'' species in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America. ''R. microptera'' is one of the most distinctive grasshopper species within the Southeastern US, and is well known for its relatively large size and its unique coloration. Taxonomy ''Romalea'' is the type genus of the family Romaleidae and tribe Romaleini. It has been suggested that the valid name for ''Romalea microptera'' is ''Romalea guttata''. However, ''microptera'' has been marked as a ''nomen protectum'' by the ICZN, making ''guttata'' a synonym. As traditionally defined, ''Romalea'' only c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romaleinae
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. Tribes and genera These tribes and genera belong to the subfamily Romaleinae: Chariacrini Auth: Rehn & Grant, 1959 # '' Aprionacris'' # '' Chariacris'' # '' Prionacris'' Elaeochlorini Auth: Rehn & Grant, 1959 # '' Agriacris'' # '' Brasilacris'' # '' Cibotopteryx'' # '' Staleochlora'' Eurostacrini Auth: Amédégnato, 1997 # '' Eurostacris'' # '' Pseudeurostacris'' Hisychiini Auth: Descamps, 1979 # '' Acrideumerus'' # '' Acridophaea'' # '' Cloephoracris'' # '' Hisychius'' # '' Pareusychius'' # '' Porphoracris'' # '' Pseudhisychius'' 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'' St� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. Their front legs are shorter and used for grasping food. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a Nymph (biology), nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage. The grasshopper hears through the tympanal organ which can be found in the first segment of the abdomen attached to the thorax; while its sense of vision is in the compound eyes, a change in light intensity is perceived in the simple eyes (ocelli). At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
