Steirodon Explained
Steirodon is a genus of large phaneropterine katydids in the family Tettigoniidae, native to tropical and subtropical forests in South America, Central America and Mexico.[1]
They are fairly large to very large leaf-like katydids that are mostly green, between long depending on exact species, and females generally reach a larger size than males of the same species; S. careovirgulatum where females typically are long is the largest katydid of the Americas and among the world's largest Orthoptera.[2] [3] As far as known, Steirodon and all other members of the tribe Steirodontini are entirely herbivorous.[2]
Species
There following species belongs to the genus Steirodon:[1]
- Steirodon alfaroi (Rehn, 1944)
- Steirodon barcanti Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon barellum (Pictet, 1888)
- Steirodon bilobatoides Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon bilobatum (Scudder, 1875)
- Steirodon careovirgulatum Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon championi (Saussure & Pictet, 1898)
- Steirodon coronatum (Stål, 1874)
- Steirodon degeeri (Stål, 1874)
- Steirodon dentatum (Stål, 1874)
- Steirodon dentiferoides Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon dentiferum Walker, 1869
- Steirodon dohrni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Steirodon emarginatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Steirodon emsleyi Piza, 1979
- Steirodon fastigiosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
- Steirodon flavolineatum (Bruner, 1915)
- Steirodon ganymedes (Rehn, 1944)
- Steirodon irregulariterdentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Steirodon latipennis (Saussure & Pictet, 1898)
- Steirodon maroniensis Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon ponderosum Stål, 1873 – type species by subsequent designation
- Steirodon rarospinulosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Steirodon robertsorum Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon rufolineatum Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon sandrae Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon stalii (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
- Steirodon striolatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)
- Steirodon sulcatum Emsley, 1970
- Steirodon unidentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Steirodon validum Stål, 1874
Notes and References
- Web site: genus Steirodon Serville, 1831 . orthoptera.speciesfile.org . 26 August 2023 .
- Emsley . M.G. . 1970 . A Revision of the Steirodontine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Steirodontini) . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 22 . 125-248 . 4064652 .
- Web site: Montealegre-Z. . F. . 1997 . Estudio de la fauna de Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera : Ensifera) del Valle del Cauca . . 26 August 2023 .
