Taxonomic Details for Romalea microptera
| Systematic Resumé: |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Subclass | Pterygota |
| Infraclass | Neoptera |
| Superorder | Polyneoptera |
| Order | Orthoptera |
| Suborder | Caelifera |
| Infraorder | Acrididea |
| Superfamily | Acridoidea |
| Family | Romaleidae |
| Subfamily | Romaleinae |
| Genus | Romalea |
| Species | Romalea microptera |
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| Synonym(s): |
Romalea guttatus, Romalea guttata |
| Authority: |
(Beauvois, 1817) |
| ITIS TSN: |
650546 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
| Habitats: |
Salinity Zone: Fresh water |
| GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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| GCE Data Sets: |
INS-GCEM-2408 (Fall 2024 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2308 (Fall 2023 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2208 (Fall 2022 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2108 (Fall 2021 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2008 (Fall 2020 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
(view all 27 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Romalea guttatus (very broad herbivorous diet). Photo by Steven Pennings.

Romalea are common in tidal freshwater marshes in the GCE domain. Photo Steve Pennings.
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