''Brachystola'' is a genus of grassland lubber grasshoppers in the family
Romaleidae
The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus ''Romalea''. The species in this family can be found in the Americas.
Tribes and selected genera
The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two s ...
, found in the United States and Mexico. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in North America. The species ''Brachystola magna'' has
meiotic
Meiosis (; , since it is a reductional division) is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, such as sperm or egg cells. It involves two rounds of division that ultimately res ...
chromosomes that are relatively large and easily visible, and was used in early
genetic studies.
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Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Brachystola'':
* '' Brachystola behrensii'' Scudder, 1877
* ''Brachystola eiseni
''Brachystola'' is a genus of grassland lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in the United States and Mexico. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in North America. The species ''Brachystola magna'' has meiotic chromosomes ...
'' Bruner, 1906
* ''Brachystola magna
''Brachystola magna'', the plains lubber grasshopper, western lubber grasshopper or homesteader, is a large species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae, native to open and semi-open habitats of central and southern United States and northern ...
'' (Girard, 1853) (plains lubber grasshopper)
* '' Brachystola mexicana'' Bruner, 1904
* '' Brachystola ponderosa'' Bruner, 1906
* ''Brachystola virescens
''Brachystola'' is a genus of grassland lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in the United States and Mexico. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in North America. The species ''Brachystola magna'' has meiotic chromosomes ...
'' (Charpentier, 1845)
References
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Romaleidae
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