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subfamily Romaleinae Pictet & Saussure, 1887

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Herbivorous
• Citations (19):
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33):134   >> Note: Rhomaleae
  • Roberts, H.R. 1941. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 93:217, 238 >> Note: Romaleinae
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1959. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 85:233 >> Note: Acrididae: Romaleinae
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1959. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 111:109 >> Note: Acrididae: Romaleinae
  • Dirsh. 1961. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 10(9):393  
  • Uvarov & Dirsh. 1961. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (B) 30(11, 12):153
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 12:169 >> Note: Acrididae: Romaleinae
  • Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:405 >> Note: Acridoidea: Acrididae: Romaleinae
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:142
  • Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 10:22  
  • Amédégnato. 1974. Acrida 3(3):198 >> Note: Romaleidae: Romaleinae
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab. 13(1):697
  • Riede. 1987. In Baccetti [Ed.]. Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology) 450-454 >> Note: reproductive behavior
  • Riede. 1987. Ethology 76:274   >> Note: stridulatory mechanism
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:33 >> Note: Romaleidae: Romaleinae
  • Eades. 2000. Jour. Orth. Res. 9:204 >> Note: Romaleinae
  • Carbonell. 2007. Jour. Orth. Res. 16(1):1-33  
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama 61 >> Note: diagnosis
  • Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 196-254 >> Note: key to tribes
• Type genus:  Romalea Serville, 1831; priority for family-group names based on Romalea dates from Rhomalii Pictet & Saussure, 1887.  First use as Romaleinae by Roberts, H.R., 1941.

• nomen dubium Xiphophora Saussure, 1859
• nomen dubium americana (Saussure, 1859)
• tribe Chariacrini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• genus Aprionacris Descamps, 1978
• genus Chariacris Walker, 1870
• genus Prionacris Stål, 1878
• tribe Elaeochlorini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• genus Agriacris Walker, 1870
• genus Brasilacris Rehn, 1940
• genus Cibotopteryx Rehn, 1905
• genus Staleochlora Roberts & Carbonell, 1992
• tribe Eurostacrini Amédégnato, 1997
• genus Eurostacris Descamps, 1978
• genus Pseudeurostacris Descamps, 1978
• tribe Hisychiini Descamps, 1979
• genus Acrideumerus Descamps, 1979
• genus Acridophaea Descamps, 1979
• genus Cloephoracris Descamps, 1979
• genus Hisychius Stål, 1878
• genus Pareusychius Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
• genus Porphoracris Descamps, 1979
• genus Pseudhisychius Descamps, 1979
• tribe Leguini Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986
• genus Ampiacris Amédégnato & Poulain, 1986
• genus Legua Walker, 1870
• genus Proracris Uvarov, 1940
• tribe Phaeopariini Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Abilae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Phaeopariae Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Phaeoparini Giglio-Tos, 1898
• genus Abila Stål, 1878
• genus Albinella Carbonell, 2002
• genus Aristia Stål, 1876
• genus Costarica Koçak & Kemal, 2008
• genus Epiprora Gerstaecker, 1889
• genus Graciliparia Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
• genus Maculiparia Jago, 1980
• genus Phaeoparia Stål, 1873
• genus Pseudaristia Carbonell, 2002
• genus Stornophilacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1978
• genus Tepuiacris Carbonell, 2002
• tribe Procolpini Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Procolpiae Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Tropidonoti Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Tropidonotii Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• subtribe Prionolophina Rehn & Grant, 1959
• subtribe Procolpina Giglio-Tos, 1898
• tribe Romaleini Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Batrachacrini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Brachystolini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Chromacrini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Coryacrini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Diponthi Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Diponthini Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Dipontii Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Dracotettigini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Phrynotettigini Uvarov, 1943
• synonym Rhomaleae Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Rhomalii Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Rhomaliini Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Romali Pictet & Saussure, 1887
• synonym Spaniacrini Rehn & Grant, 1961
• synonym Taeniopodae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Thrasyderini Rehn & Grant, 1959
• synonym Zoniopodae Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Zoniopodini Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Zonipodae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus Alophonota Stål, 1873
• genus Antandrus Stål, 1878
• genus Aplatacris Scudder, 1875
• genus Brachystola Scudder, 1876
• genus Callonotacris Rehn, 1909
• genus Chromacris Walker, 1870
• genus Coryacris Rehn, 1909
• genus Costalimacris Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
• genus Diponthus Stål, 1861
• genus Dracotettix Bruner, 1889
• genus Eidalcamenes Rosas Costa, 1957
• genus Gurneyacris Liebermann, 1958
• genus Limacridium Carbonell & Campos-Seabra, 1988
• genus Litoscirtus Bruner, 1907
• genus Phrynotettix Glover, 1872
• genus Radacridium Carbonell, 1984
• genus Romalea Serville, 1831
• genus Spaniacris Hebard, 1937
• genus Thrasyderes Bolívar, 1881
• genus Tytthotyle Scudder, 1897
• genus Xestotrachelus Bruner, 1913
• genus Zoniopoda Stål, 1873
• tribe Tropidacrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• synonym Tropidacres Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus Titanacris Scudder, 1869
• genus Tropidacris Scudder, 1869
• tribe Trybliophorini Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Trybliophorinae Giglio-Tos, 1898
• synonym Trybliophori Giglio-Tos, 1898
• genus Trybliophorus Serville, 1831
• genus Quitus Hebard, 1924
• species insolens Hebard, 1924
• species podocarpus Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994
• species zurucucho Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994

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