Genus Brachystola

Classification · Numbers · Remarks

Colorful Grasshopper - Brachystola magna - male

shrt wngd G-hoppers - Brachystola magna - male - female

Plains Lubber Grasshopper - Brachystola magna - female

Plains Lubber Grasshopper (Brachystola magna) - Brachystola magna - female

Plains Lubber with Mites?? - Brachystola magna - female

Plains Lubber - Brachystola magna - female

Unidentified grasshopper - Brachystola magna - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Romaleidae (Lubber Grasshoppers)

Genus Brachystola

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists two species in the genus, which they place in family Romaleidae.

Remarks

Name from Greek brachys = short, plus Latin/Greek stola, a "stole", a (long) robe. This perhaps refers to the short wings.

Contributed by Cotinis on 25 November, 2004 - 5:32pm
Last updated 17 December, 2004 - 7:35pm

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