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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): female. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): female. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 369. male, head, facial view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 370. male, head, facial view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 371. male, head, lateral view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 377. male, head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 390. male, epiphalli, dorsal view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 392. male, epiphalli, anterior view. (Otu).
Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817): Fig. 401. female, spermatheca. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1531114; 97277349-0a83-4674-a870-5c867bc82570: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (type of Dictyophorus reticulatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531114; 97277349-0a83-4674-a870-5c867bc82570: Image Carbonell, C.S. label (type of Dictyophorus reticulatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531114; 97277349-0a83-4674-a870-5c867bc82570: male, lateral view (type of Dictyophorus reticulatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531114; 97277349-0a83-4674-a870-5c867bc82570: male, dorsal view (type of Dictyophorus reticulatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531114; 97277349-0a83-4674-a870-5c867bc82570: male, labels (type of Dictyophorus reticulatus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542645; 0357beec-6277-44dc-bd2b-7dc9879d9bf7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (possibly type of Romalea marci). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542645; 0357beec-6277-44dc-bd2b-7dc9879d9bf7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (possibly type of Romalea marci). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542645; 0357beec-6277-44dc-bd2b-7dc9879d9bf7: Image Carbonell, C.S. label (possibly type of Romalea marci). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, head and pronotum dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, abdomen tip, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, abdomen tip, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, head, lateral-frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564545; dd6ee21a-d3f5-4fc0-aed6-a27a87d86faa: 2012. female, head, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564546; bc6fd94f-92f7-41cd-9a1a-7e71d50f5f7d: 2012. male, abdomen, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; female; 861df459-2b77-433f-a973-fc0fab5cbcd9; United States: South Carolina

Nomenclature (59)

  • Gryllus (Locusta) guttatus Stoll, 1813: 23.

    Syntype; 2bdd2bda-1cf0-4cdd-93ea-01ab5145d1e5; United States

  • Gryllus (Locusta) guttatus Stoll, 1813 (nomen oblitum of Acridium micropterum Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)
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  • Romalea marci Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Acridium micropterum Palisot de Beauvois, 1817) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 5.
  • Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 5.

Nomenclature references (37)

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  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Capinera, J.L. (2008) Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Beauvois) (Orthoptera: Acrididae). In Encyclopedia of Entomology. Vol. 5, 1268–1270 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) In Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26, 775–809, Plate 55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up
  • De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2023) Taxonomic revision of the transitional Nearctic-Neotropical lubber grasshopper genus Romalea (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 94(e945023), 1–27. Available at http://rev.mex.biodivers.unam.mx/index.php/es/taxonomic-revision-of-the-transitional/
  • 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.
  • Hatle, J.D. & Townsend, V.R. (1996) Defensive secretion of a flightless grasshopper: Failure to prevent lizard attack. CHEMOECOLOGY, 7(4), 184–188.
  • Hebard, M. (1916) Spring Orthoptera found on the islands in the vicinity of Charlotte harbour, Florida. Entomological News, 27(1), 14–21. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84830
  • Hebard, M. (1925) Records of European Acrididae, Tettigonidae and Gryllidae (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51, 35–55. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4261_001#page/40/mode/1up
  • Helms, J.B., Booth, C.M., Rivera, J., Siegler, J.A., Wuellner, S. & Whitman, D.W. (2003) Lubber grasshoppers, Romalea microptera (Beauvois), orient to plant odors in a wind tunnel. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 12(2), 135–140. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282003%29012%5B0135%3ALGRMBO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Herrera, M. (1923) In Guia para visitar la colección de los arácnidos, miriápodos e insectos. Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, México. 200 pp.
  • Jones, J.C. (1981) In The anatomy of a grasshopper (Romalea microptera). Thomas, Springfield.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1980) Romalea guttata (Houttuyn), name change for well-known "eastern lubber grasshopper" (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Entomological News, 91(4), 139–140. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20620#page/439/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Mefferd, C.L., Hatch, W., Burries, R.L. & Whitman, D.W. (2005) Plasticity in the length of the ovulation-oviposition interval in the lubber grasshopper Romalea microptera. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(1), 31–32. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B31%3APITLOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Morse, A.P. (1904) Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 18, 56 pp., 8 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Ub0GAAAAYAAJ
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  • Stoll, C. (1813) In Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres ou phasmes, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes. J. Sepp, Amsterdam. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281654#page/7/mode/1up
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  • von Charpentier, T. (1845) In Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845]. L. Woss, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 120 pp. (non numerate). Available at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.2859184
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Adjectivemicropterus, microptera, micropterum
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