Romalea microptera

Also known as Florida lubber grasshopper, Romalea guttata, Graveyard grasshopper, Eastern lubber grasshopper, Black diablo

Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the Southeastern and South-central United States. As traditionally defined, it contains a single species, Romalea microptera, known commonly as the Georgia thumper, eastern lubber grasshopper, Florida lubber, or Florida lubber grasshopper, although some recent authorities regard Taeniopoda as a junior synonym, in which case there are about a dozen Romalea species in the southern United States, Mexico and Central America.

Species

SPECIES

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyRomaleidae

Observations recorded22,127

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 563
With media: 53
Family: Romaleidae
Collections: CHAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLO, UCM, MISSA, CSU
Recorded in: United States

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R. microptera is one of the most distinctive grasshopper species within the Southeastern US, and is well known for its relatively large size and its unique coloration.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Romalea microptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.