Romalea microptera

Romalea microptera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acridoidea

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

Familia: Romaleidae
Genus: Romalea
Species: Romalea microptera

Name

Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)

Synonym

• gigantea Burmeister, 1838 (junior synonym)
• gloveri Kirby, 1910 (junior synonym)
• guttatus Stoll, 1813 (junior synonym)
• marci Serville, 1838 (junior synonym)
• reticulatus Thunberg, 1815 (obsolete)

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
français: Cheval-carotte (Louisiana French)

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1805–1821. Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique, dans les royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, a Saint-Domingue et dans les États-Unis pendant les années 1786-1797. Imprimerie de Fain et Compagnie, Paris. 1805: Parts 1–2:1–40; 1806: Part 3:41–56; 1807: Parts 4–5:57–88; 1811: Parts 7–8:101–136; 1817: Parts 9–10:137–172; 1818: Parts 11–12:173–208; 1820: Parts 13–14:209–240; 1821: Part 15:241–276. BHL Reference page.  [Part 9, p. 146]

Links

• Romalea microptera in the Orthoptera Species File database, accessed on 22/06/2023.