subgenus

Steirodon (Steirodon) Serville, 1831

Type

Steirodon ponderosum Stål, 1873 type species by subsequent designation of Steirodon (Steirodon) Serville, 1831

Steirodon Serville, 1831: 140.
type species by subsequent designation Steirodon ponderosum Stål, 1873 in Emsley, 1970: 153
Phyllolophus Rehn, 1944: 159.
type species by original designation Steirodon validum Stål, 1874
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Phyllolophus Rehn, 1944 (subjective synonym of Steirodon Serville, 1831) in Gorochov, 2025: 15.
Steirodon (Steirodon) Serville, 1831 in Gorochov, 2025: 15.

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
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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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

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