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Romaleinae

Insecta - Orthoptera - Romaleidae

Taxonomy
Romaleinae was named by Pictet and Saussure (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Romaleidae by Cadena-Castañeda and Cardona-Granda (2015).

Subtaxa
Tropidacrini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Romaleinae Pictet and Saussure p. 347
2015Romaleinae Cadena-Castañeda and Cardona-Granda p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
—Acridomorpha
superfamilyAcridoidea
familyRomaleidae()
subfamilyRomaleinae
subfamilyRomaleinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Romaleinae Pictet and Saussure 1887
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Tr. Tropidacrini Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893
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G. Tropidacris Scudder 1869
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Tropidacris cristata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Tropidacris latreillei Perty 1832 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Trinidad and Tobago Tropidacris latreillei (113828)