Romalea guttata

Taxobox
name = "Romalea guttata"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Orthoptera
familia = Romaleidae
genus = "Romalea"
species = "R. guttata"
binomial = "Romalea guttata"
binomial_authority = Stoll, 1813

"Romalea guttata", known commonly as the "Eastern lubber grasshopper," is a grasshopper native the to southeastern and south central portion of the United States. Populations exist in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. It is the most distinctive grasshopper species within the southeastern United States, and is well known both for its size and its unique coloration. [cite web |url=http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN13200.pdf |title=Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, "Romalea microptera" (Beauvois) (= "guttata" (Houttuyn)) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae) |publisher=University of Florida |format=PDF |date=June 2005 |author=C. W. Scherer] It can reach nearly 3 inches in size.

It was previously known as "Romalea microptera" (Beauvois). [D.K.M. Kevan (1980): Romalea guttata (Houttyun), name change for well-known "Eastern lubber grasshopper" (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Entomol News 91, 139-140.]

References

External links

* [http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/romalea.html Invertebrate Anatomy Online: "Romalea microptera"]
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/lubber.htm eastern lubber grasshopper] on the University of Florida / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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