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Stilpnochlora
Stilpnochlora couloniana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Phaneropterinae
Tribe:	Steirodontini
Genus:	Stilpnochlora Stål, 1873

Stilpnochlora is a genus of phaneropterine katydids in the family Tettigoniidae, native to tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas. There are about 15 described species in Stilpnochlora.

They are relatively large, leaf-like katydids that are mostly green, between 5 and 10 cm (2–4 in) long depending on exact species, and females generally reach a larger size than males of the same species; S. couloniana is the largest katydid in the United States (no other member of the tribe Steirodontini occurs north of Mexico or the Caribbean islands). Although some species in this genus have features that allow for relatively easy identification, several are very similar and can only be distinguished after a careful examination of certain morphological details (their distributions are often useful, too). As far as known, Stilpnochlora and all other members of the tribe Steirodontini are entirely herbivorous.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Stilpnochlora:

• Stilpnochlora azteca (Saussure, 1859)
• Stilpnochlora aztecoides Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861) (giant katydid)
• Stilpnochlora incisa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
• Stilpnochlora laurifolia (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Stilpnochlora lineolata Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora lineolatoides Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora marginella (Serville, 1838)
• Stilpnochlora marginoides Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora nanna Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora ovalifolia Saussure & Pictet, 1898
• Stilpnochlora quadrata (Scudder, S.H., 1869)
• Stilpnochlora rodgersae Emsley, 1970
• Stilpnochlora thoracica (Serville, 1831)
• Stilpnochlora undulata Emsley, 1970

References

1. "Stilpnochlora Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
2. ^ "Stilpnochlora Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
3. ^ "Browse Stilpnochlora". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-03-08.
5. ^ Emsley, M.G. (1970). "A Revision of the Steirodontine Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Steirodontini)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 122: 125–248. JSTOR 4064652.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America: vol. 4: Non-Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.
• "Singing Insects of North America". Retrieved 2018-03-08.

External links

• Media related to Stilpnochlora at Wikimedia Commons

• Phaneropterinae
• Tettigoniidae genera