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Species

Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861)

Giant Katydid
Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861): male (Monroe Co., FL, USA). (Otu).
Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861): male (Monroe Co., FL, USA). (Otu).
Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861): female. (Otu).
Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861): female, frontal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1505943; 1e55f3c9-d789-4e66-8ba1-0608b48332e7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505943; 1e55f3c9-d789-4e66-8ba1-0608b48332e7: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505943; 1e55f3c9-d789-4e66-8ba1-0608b48332e7: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Phylloptera couloniana Saussure, 1861: 128. (valid)

    Holotype; female; 1e55f3c9-d789-4e66-8ba1-0608b48332e7; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Cuba

  • Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 359.
  • Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861) in Yong & Perez-Gelabert, 2014: 426.
  • Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861) in Hollier & Heads, 2015: 309.

References (13)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1861) Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(13), 126–130, 156–164, 313–324, 397–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20623#page/138/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Bolívar, I. (1888) Enumération des Orthoptères de l'île de Cuba. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France, 1, 116–164. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/9485#page/132/mode/1up
  • Gundlach, J. (1891) Ortopteros. In Contribución a la Entomología Cubaña. G. Montiel, La Habana. Vol. 2, Issue 4, 289–396 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105019#page/1/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
  • 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
  • Strohecker, H.F. (1939) Distributional and taxonomic notes on southeastern Dermaptera and Orthoptera, and a new species of Cycloptilum (Gryllidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 71(8), 169–175. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s429ls39.pdf
  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Berumen Cornejo, A.M., Escoto Rocha, J. & Delgado Saldívar, L. (2006) Diversidad biológica del orden Orthoptera (clase insecta) registrada en la colección entomológica de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Investigación y Ciencia, 14(35), 25–30. Available at http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=67403503
  • Yong, S. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2014) Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera) of Cuba: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa, 3827(4), 401–438.
  • Yong, S. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2014) Orthoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) depositados en la colección J. C. Gundlach, Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, La Habana. Novitates Caribaea, 7, 126–142. Available at http://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/72
  • Hollier, J.A. & Heads, S.W. (2015) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 6: The Rhaphidophoroidea, Stenopelmatoidea and Tettigonioidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 122(2), 307–323. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274312#page/133/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After the Swiss naturalist Louis Coulon (1804-1894).

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1012