Romaleidae

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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.

Tribes and selected genera

The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two subfamilies:

Bactrophorinae

Auth. Amédégnato, 1974; distribution: central and tropical South America.

Romaleinae

Auth. (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893), selected genera:

Subfamily unassigned

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