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.

Romaleidae
Tropidacris collaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Romaleidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Subfamilies

Bactrophorinae
Romaleinae

Pseudaristia oxycodia, Colombia

Tribes and selected genera edit

The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies:[1]

Bactrophorinae edit

 
Othnacris surdaster (Bactrophorinae)

Auth. Amédégnato, 1974;[2] distribution: central and tropical South America.

Romaleinae edit

 
Taeniopoda reticulata
 
Titanacris albipes

Auth. (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893), selected genera:

Subfamily unassigned edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Family Romaleidae". Orthoptera Species File Online. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. ^ Amédégnato (1974) Acrida 3(3): 199.

External links edit