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Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838

Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 368. male, head, facial view. (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 372. male, head, lateral view. (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 376. male, head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 380. male, epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 383. male, epiphallus, anterior view. (Otu).
Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838: Fig. 396. female, spermatheca. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image]. male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image]. male head and pronotum, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image]. male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image]. male head and pronotum, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538314; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0: Image Carbonell, C.S. label (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580124; a7498420-884f-45a8-aed4-899e9e7e09c2: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580124; a7498420-884f-45a8-aed4-899e9e7e09c2: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580124; a7498420-884f-45a8-aed4-899e9e7e09c2: male, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580124; a7498420-884f-45a8-aed4-899e9e7e09c2: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (31)

  • Rhomalea [sic] eques Burmeister, 1838: 620.

    Syntype; male; 87c3e07e-4f9e-49c0-9efb-0d4374103ec0; deposited at: Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (MLUH); Mexico: Hidalgo: Zimapán. Syntype; male; a7498420-884f-45a8-aed4-899e9e7e09c2; deposited at: Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (MLUH); Mexico: Hidalgo: Zimapán

  • Rhomalea [sic] eques Burmeister, 1838 in Saussure, 1859: 392.
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  • Taeniopoda burmeisteri Bolívar, 1901 (subjective synonym of Rhomalea [sic] eques Burmeister, 1838) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 16.
  • Romalea eques Burmeister, 1838 in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 16.

Nomenclature references (26)

  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • Bolívar, I. (1901) El género Taeniopoda Stål. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 264–270. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17820#page/268/mode/1up
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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., 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.
  • De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2017) Sequence-based species delineation and molecular phylogenetics of the transitional Nearctic–Neotropical grasshopper genus Taeniopoda (Orthoptera, Romaleidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 16(6), 600–617.
  • 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/
  • De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Meza-Lázaro, R.N. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2019) 3RAD-based systematics of the transitional Nearctic-Neotropical lubber grasshopper genus Taeniopoda (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 137(2), 64–75.
  • de Saussure, H. (1859) Orthoptera Nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(11), 201–212, 315–317, 390–394. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48711#page/205/mode/1up
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2008) In Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy. 1–272 pp. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grasshoppers-Locusts-Crickets-Katydids-Of-Mexico.pdf
  • García García, P.L. & Fontana, P. (2006) Diversidad y fenología de los ortópteros del Parque Nacional El Cimatario, Querétaro. Entomología Mexicana, 5(2), 249–254.
  • Hebard, M. (1925) A revision of the genus Taeniopoda (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cryrtacanthacrinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 50(4), 253–274. [1924] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4260_004#page/3/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Herrera, M. (1923) In Guia para visitar la colección de los arácnidos, miriápodos e insectos. Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, México. 200 pp.
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Rivera García, E. (2006) An annotated checklist of some orthopteroid insects of Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Chihuahuan desert), Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, nueva serie, 22(3), 131–149. Available at http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57522311
  • Stauffer, T.W. & Whitman, D.W. (2007) Divergent oviposition behaviors in a desert vs a marsh grasshopper. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 16(1), 103–114. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282007%2916%5B103%3ADOBIAD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]
  • Whitman, D.W. & Loher, W. (1984) Morphology of the male sex organs and insemination in the grasshopper Taeniopoda eques (Burmeister). Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 179, 1–12.
  • Whitman, D.W. & Richardson, M.L. (2010) Necrophagy in grasshoppers: Taeniopoda eques feeds on mammal carrion. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(2), 377–380. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0228

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