Orthoptera Species File
family

Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

lubber grasshoppers

Type

Romalea Serville, 1831 type genus of Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Nomenclature (12)

  • Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

    type genus Romalea Serville, 1831

  • Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Amédégnato, 1974: 195.
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  • Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Song, 2018: 270.
  • Romaleidae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 544.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Amédégnato, C. & Poulain, S. (1986) Diagnoses et signalisations de Romaleidae arboricoles amazoniens (Orthoptera: Acrididea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 22(4), 423–455. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6149714s/f432.item
  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
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  • Braga, C.E. & Nunes, A.L. (2010) Ampliación de la distribución de saltamontes romaleidos (Orthoptera) de la Colección del Museo Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Revista Colombiana de Entomología, 36(2), 335–337. Available at http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-04882010000200027&lang=pt
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
  • Hill, J.V.G. (2011) An annotated list of the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Romaleidae) of the southeastern United States. Midsouth Entomologist, 4(2), 39–48. Available at http://midsouthentomologist.org.msstate.edu/pdfs/Vol4_2/Vol4_2_002.pdf
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) Orthoptera. In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Vol. 2, pp. 352–379.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Pictet, A. & de Saussure, H. (1887) Catalogue d'Acridiens. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 7(9), 331–376. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39741
  • Richman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Sutherland, C.A. & Ferguson, J.W.H. (1993) A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook, 7, 1–112. Available at http://nmsu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AgCircs/id/63174
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) In The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society. 611 pp.
  • Song, H. (2018) 10 Biodiversity of Orthoptera. In Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 245–279 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
family1001
subfamily2002
tribe1303245
subtribe60612
infratribe3003
genus112058170
superspecies170017
species4860403889
subspecies570104161