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384:microptera
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368:Romaleidae
364:type genus
334:Taeniopoda
167:Romaleinae
157:Romaleidae
143:Suborder:
137:Orthoptera
117:Arthropoda
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684:from the
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396:, making
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199:Species:
177:Romaleini
147:Caelifera
103:Kingdom:
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1036:April 4,
882:March 3,
623:labeled
615:Research
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536:Arkansas
460:T. eques
439:pronotum
355:Taxonomy
236:Synonyms
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107:Animalia
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1120:Q310265
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544:Florida
524:Alabama
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427:Romalea
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1159:370275
699:Nymph
627:among
601:thorax
550:, and
538:, and
1487:IRMNG
1479:67652
1440:46747
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518:, in
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337:as a
327:, or
1518:7006
1513:NCBI
1500:ITIS
1461:GBIF
1448:EPPO
1414:2806
1396:BOLD
1302:7007
1297:NCBI
1271:ITIS
1232:GBIF
1219:EPPO
1185:2807
1167:BOLD
1038:2011
935:2015
884:2021
849:2023
565:and
433:and
394:ICZN
302:and
1435:EoL
1422:CoL
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625:DNA
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