Brachystola

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Brachystola
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Brachystola magna
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Romaleidae
Subfamily: Romaleinae
Tribe: Romaleini
Genus: Brachystola
Scudder, 1876

Brachystola is a genus of grassland lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in the United States and Mexico. They are among the largest grasshoppers found in North America. The species Brachystola magna has meiotic chromosomes that are relatively large and easily visible, and was used in early genetic studies. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Brachystola mexicana Chapulin perezoso mexicano (Brachystola mexicana).jpg
Brachystola mexicana

Species

These six species belong to the genus Brachystola:

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References

  1. ↑ "Brachystola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. ↑ "Brachystola". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  3. ↑ "Brachystola genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Brachystola Scudder, 1876". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  5. ↑ Crow, Ernest W.; Crow, James F. (2002). "100 Years Ago: Walter Sutton and the Chromosome Theory of Heredity". Genetics. 160 (1).

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