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Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

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

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 gloveri Kirby, 1910 (subjective synonym of Acridium micropterum Palisot de Beauvois, 1817) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 5.
  • Romalea marci Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Acridium micropterum Palisot de Beauvois, 1817) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 5.

Nomenclature references (37)

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  • 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
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  • 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
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