Romalea microptera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1817)

Herhold, Hollister W, Davis, Steven R, Degrey, Samuel P & Grimaldi, David A, 2023, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE INSECT TRACHEAL SYSTEM PART 1: INTRODUCTION, APTERYGOTES, PALEOPTERA, POLYNEOPTERA, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 459 (1), pp. 1-184 : 1-184

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5531/sd.sp.55
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7733247
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D8781-FFB9-2019-FEF3-FD10A147FDA6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Romalea microptera
status

Treatment

Romalea microptera View in CoL View at ENA

“Eastern lubber grasshopper”

Figures 63 View FIGURE 63 (lateral), 64 View FIGURE 64 (dorsal, ventral)

Plates 38 (lateral), 39 (dorsal), 40 (ventral)

The tracheal structure of the lubber grasshopper Romalea microptera features a substantial number of air sacs, integrated into the tracheal system, and discrete air cells distributed throughout the body, especially the head and thorax. Due to the complexity of the tracheal architecture of Romalea , only spiracles and major tracheae are labeled in the plates. 3D models are provided in the supplementary digital data for further investigation.