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subfamily

Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Type

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

Nomenclature (20)

  • Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

    type genus Romalea Serville, 1831

  • Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 134.
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  • Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Rowell, 2013: 61.
  • Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015: 196-254.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Carbonell, C.S. (2007) The genus Zoniopoda Stål 1873 (Acridoidea, Romaleidae, Romaleinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 16(1), 1–33. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282007%2916%5B1%3ATGZSAR%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1959) A review of the Romaleinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) found in America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 111, 109–271.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1959) An analysis of the tribes of the Romaleinae with special reference to their internal genitalia (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 85, 233–271.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1961) A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12, 1–255.
  • Riede, K. (1987) A comparative study of mating behaviour in some neotropical grasshoppers (Acridoidea). Ethology, 76, 265–296. Available at http://www.groms.de/data/zoology/riede/Riede_Ethology_1987.pdf
  • Riede, K. (1987) Behavioural studies on Neotropical grasshoppers: implications for taxonomy. In Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology). Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England. pp. 450–454.
  • Roberts, H.R. (1941) A comparative study of the subfamilies of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) primarily on the basis of their phallic structures. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 93, 201–246.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) In The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society. 611 pp.
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • Uvarov, B.P. & Dirsh, V.M. (1961) The diagnostic charcters, scope and geographical distribution of the subfamily Romaleinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 30(11, 12), 153–160.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Herbivorous

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
subfamily110
tribe381028
subtribe422
genus1116942
superspecies17170
species597269328
subspecies1404496