Genus Romalea - Lubber Grasshoppers

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Lubber Grasshopper Nymph - Romalea microptera - female

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romulea guttata ) - Romalea microptera - female

Lubber Grasshopper 01 - Romalea microptera - male

Lubber Grasshopper Adult (01) - Romalea microptera - male

Is It A Grasshopper? Is It Harmless? What Is It? - Romalea microptera

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Romaleidae (Lubber Grasshoppers)

Genus Romalea (Lubber Grasshoppers)

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is Serville, 1831. New Latin, properly Rhomalea, from Greek ρωμαλεοσ, strong of body, from ρωμη, bodily strength (1).

Numbers

There is just one North American species in this genus, the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera, synonym Romalea guttata (2).

Identification

See species account for Romalea microptera.

Print References

The Century Dictionary--entry for Romalea (1)

Arnett, p. 169 (2)

Works Cited

1.	The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

2.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Cotinis on 18 March, 2004 - 2:29pm
Last updated 7 February, 2008 - 9:19am

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