Genus

Steirodon Serville, 1831

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Steirodon Serville, 1831

Nomenclature (17)

Steirodon Serville, 1831: 140.
type species by subsequent designation Steirodon ponderosum Stål, 1873 in Emsley, 1970: 153
Steirodon Serville, 1831 in Burmeister, 1838: 694.

Steirodon Serville, 1831 in Gorochov, 1995: 140, 145, 146, 157.
Steirodon Serville, 1831 (classified as Steirodontina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Gorochov, 2025: 15.

References (17)

Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
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

Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up

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. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]

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

Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Montealegre-Z., F., González, R. & Carrejo, N. (1993) Los Phanopterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) presentes en la Colección Entomológica de la Universidad del Valle. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle, 1(1), 41–51.

Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.

Rehn, J.A.G. (1905) Notes on the Orthoptera of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 57, 790–843. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015#page/878/mode/1up

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

Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456

Stål, C. (1873) Orthoptera nova descriptist. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 30(4), 39–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100494#page/223/mode/1up
Stål, C. (1874) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm, Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek στειρα = keel and οδους = tooth, relating to the toothed lateral carinae of the pronotum.

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
Genus	1	0	0	1
Subgenus	4	0	10	14
Species	36	0	69	105
Subspecies	2	0	4	6