Steirodon
Genus of cricket-like animals
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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]
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| Steirodon | |
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| Steirodon careovirgulatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Tribe: | Steirodontini |
| Genus: | Steirodon Serville, 1831 |
They are fairly large to very large leaf-like katydids that are mostly green, between 5 and 13 cm (2.0–5.1 in) long depending on exact species, and females generally reach a larger size than males of the same species; S. careovirgulatum where females typically are 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) 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