tribe

Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

giant katydids

Type

Steirodon Serville, 1831 type genus of Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Nomenclature (18)

  • Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

    type genus Steirodon Serville, 1831

  • Steirodontiites Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (not Latin)

    type genus Steirodon Serville, 1831

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  • Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Cadena-Castañeda, Mendes & Alves-Oliveira, 2016: 494.
  • Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Gorochov, 2025: 14.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) In Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien. . 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2016) New taxa and some clarification of the tribe Steirodontini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae): Tenth contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines. Zootaxa, 4208(3), 237–248.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Mendes, D.M.de M. & Alves-Oliveira, J.R. (2016) A new genus of katydid from the Amazon Rainforest (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae; Steirodontini): Ninth contribution to the suprageneric organization of the Neotropical phaneropterines. Zootaxa, 4150(4), 493–500.
  • Emsley, M.G. (1970) A revision of the steirodontine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneroperinae: Steirodontini). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 122, 125–248. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=uvGq6HczEa0C&pg
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2025) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 12: the subtribes Steirodontina and Anaulacomerina. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 329(1), 13–47. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2025.329.1.13
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. Fourth paper. Orthopterous family Tettigoniidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 52(4), 275–354. [1926] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4262_004#page/3/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Beiträge III. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 32, 415–464. [1888] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34458#page/475/mode/1up
  • Nickle, D.A. (1985) A new steirodont katydid from Colombia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Entomological News, 96(1), 11–15. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20681#page/17/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1917) Some critical notes on the giant katydids forming the group Steirodontia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). Entomological News, 28, 107–122. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20201#page/143/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1944) Critical notes on and descriptions of American steirodont katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) Part I. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 69, 159–169. [1943] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4279_003#page/21/mode/1up
  • de Saussure, H. & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
tribe312
genus660
subgenus21813
species18166115
subspecies17611