tribe

Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

giant katydids

Type

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

Nomenclature (19)

Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
type genus Steirodon Serville, 1831
Steirodontia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 31, 356. (not Latin)
type genus Steirodon Serville, 1831
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Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Gorochov, 2025: 14.
Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 in Gorochov, 2026: 2.

Nomenclature references (14)

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) 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.

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

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

Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01

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

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
tribe	1	0	2	3
subtribe	3	0	3	6
genus	21	0	8	29
subgenus	24	0	29	53
superspecies	2	0	2	4
species	238	0	274	512
subspecies	14	0	20	34