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grassland lubbers
Brachystola
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 happens to have large and easily visible meiotic chromosomes, and was used in early genetic studies.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Plains Lubber Grasshopper
speciesBrachystola magna
Brachystola mexicana
speciesBrachystola mexicana
Brachystola behrensii
speciesBrachystola behrensii
Brachystola eiseni
speciesBrachystola eiseni
Brachystola ponderosa
speciesBrachystola ponderosa
Brachystola virescens
speciesBrachystola virescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Brachystola in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122263.