Novitates Caribaea (Oct 2010)

A Lubber Grasshopper, Xyleus discoideus Rosulentus (stål, 1878) (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Romaleinae) in the Dominican Republic

  • Daniel Perez-Gelabert,
  • Ruth Bastardo,
  • Brigido Hierro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i3.176
Journal volume & issue
no. 3
pp. 77 – 80

Abstract

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The grasshopper Xyleus discoideus rosulentus (Stål, 1878) is reported for the first time in the Dominican Republic. This is the first record of the family Romaleidae in the Greater Antilles. The record probably represents an unintended introduction of this species from its natural range in Central America and Colombia.

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