Romaleinae

Romaleinae
Brachystola magna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Romaleidae
Subfamily: Romaleinae
Pictet & Saussure, 1887
Tribes

Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae.

Tribes and genera

These tribes and genera belong to the subfamily Romaleinae:

Chariacrini

Auth: Rehn & Grant, 1959

  1. Aprionacris Descamps, 1978
  2. Chariacris Walker, 1870
  3. Prionacris Stål, 1878

Elaeochlorini

Auth: Rehn & Grant, 1959

  1. Agriacris Walker, 1870
  2. Brasilacris Rehn, 1940
  3. Cibotopteryx Rehn, 1905
  4. Staleochlora Roberts & Carbonell, 1992

Eurostacrini

Auth: Amédégnato, 1997

  1. Eurostacris Descamps, 1978
  2. Pseudeurostacris Descamps, 1978

Hisychiini

Auth: Descamps, 1979

  1. Acrideumerus Descamps, 1979
  2. Acridophaea Descamps, 1979
  3. Cloephoracris Descamps, 1979
  4. Hisychius Stål, 1878
  5. Pareusychius Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
  6. Porphoracris Descamps, 1979
  7. Pseudhisychius Descamps, 1979

Leguini

Auth: Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986

  1. Ampiacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986
  2. Legua Walker, 1870
  3. Proracris Uvarov, 1940

Phaeopariini

Pseudaristia oxycodia, Colombia

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

  1. Abila Stål, 1878
  2. Albinella Carbonell, 2002
  3. Aristia Stål, 1876
  4. Costarica Koçak & Kemal, 2008
  5. Epiprora Gerstaecker, 1889
  6. Graciliparia Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
  7. Maculiparia Jago, 1980
  8. Phaeoparia Stål, 1873
  9. Pseudaristia Carbonell, 2002 (monotypic)
  10. Stornophilacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1978
  11. Tepuiacris Carbonell, 2002

Procolpini

Aeolacris caternaulti

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

subtribe Prionolophina Rehn & Grant, 1959
  1. Alcamenes Stål, 1878
  2. Colpolopha Stål, 1873
  3. Draconata Pictet & Saussure, 1887
  4. Helionotus Rehn, 1909
  5. Prionolopha Stål, 1873
  6. Securigera Bolívar, 1909
  7. Xyleus Gistel, 1848
subtribe Procolpina Giglio-Tos, 1898
  1. Aeolacris Scudder, 1875
  2. Munatia Stål, 1875
  3. Procolpia Stål, 1873
  4. Prorhachis Scudder, 1875
  5. Xomacris Rehn, 1955

Romaleini

Romalea microptera
Taeniopoda reticulata

Auth: Pictet & Saussure, 1887

  1. Alophonota Stål, 1873
  2. Antandrus Stål, 1878
  3. Aplatacris Scudder, 1875
  4. Brachystola Scudder, 1876 (grassland lubbers)
  5. Callonotacris Rehn, 1909
  6. Chromacris Walker, 1870
  7. Coryacris Rehn, 1909
  8. Costalimacris Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
  9. Diponthus Stål, 1861
  10. Dracotettix Bruner, 1889 (dragon lubbers)
  11. Eidalcamenes Rosas Costa, 1957
  12. Gurneyacris Liebermann, 1958
  13. Limacridium Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
  14. Litoscirtus Bruner, 1907
  15. Phrynotettix Glover, 1872 (toad lubbers)
  16. Radacridium Carbonell, 1984
  17. Romalea Serville, 1831 (lubber grasshopper)
  18. Spaniacris Hebard, 1937
  19. Taeniopoda Stål, 1873
  20. Thrasyderes Bolívar, 1881
  21. Tytthotyle Scudder, 1897
  22. Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913
  23. Zoniopoda Stål, 1873

Tropidacrini

Tropidacris cristata

Auth: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

  1. Titanacris Scudder, 1869
  2. Tropidacris Scudder, 1869

Trybliophorini

Auth: Giglio-Tos, 1898

tribe not placed

References

  1. ↑ "Romaleinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-06-16.

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