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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. It is known to be polyphagous, but there is not much else known regarding its diet. The descriptive "lubber" is nautical slang for a big and clumsy person, referring to this grasshopper's limited or nonexistent ability to fly, seemingly clumsy and narrow range of movement, and relatively large size. Tribes and selected genera The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies: Bactrophorinae Auth. Amédégnato, 1974;Amédégnato (1974) ''Acrida'' 3(3): 199. distribution: central and tropical South America. * Bactrophorini (Amédégnato, 1974) ** ''Andeomezentia'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1994 ** ''Bactrophora'' Westwood, 1842 ** ''Bora (grasshopper), Bora'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** ''Cristobalina'' Rehn, 1938 ** ''Hyleacris'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 ** ''Mezentia'' Stål, 1878 ** ''Panamacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidacris Collaris
''Tropidacris collaris'', the blue-winged grasshopper or violet-winged grasshopper, is a large South American species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. As suggested by its name, in flight the wings are usually conspicuously blue, but they can occasionally be grayish or greenish. Adult males are typically long and females typically long; the wingspan is usually about . The gregarious and flightless Nymph (biology), nymphs are aposematically colored in black, red and yellow and are presumed to be toxic; a researcher who tasted one noted, that it was very bitter, similar to a monarch butterfly. ''Tropidacris collaris'' is common in a wide range of habitats from rainforests to dry open areas like Caatinga and Cerrado. It is widespread in South America east of the Andes, from Colombia and the Guianas to central Argentina, but generally avoiding highlands. They feed on many types of plants, including several species of agricultural crops, trees grown in plantations and ornamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
