Steirodon is a genus of large phaneropterine katydids in the family Tettigoniidae, native to tropical and subtropical forests in South America, Central America and Mexico.
They are fairly large to very large leaf-like katydids that are mostly green, between long depending on exact species, and females generally reach a larger size than males of the same species; S. careovirgulatum where females typically are long is the largest katydid of the Americas and among the world's largest Orthoptera. As far as known, Steirodon and all other members of the tribe Steirodontini are entirely herbivorous.
Species
There following species belongs to the genus Steirodon:
Steirodon alfaroi (Rehn, 1944) Steirodon barcanti Emsley, 1970 Steirodon barellum (Pictet, 1888) Steirodon bilobatoides Emsley, 1970 Steirodon bilobatum (Scudder, 1875) Steirodon careovirgulatum Emsley, 1970 Steirodon championi (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) Steirodon coronatum (Stål, 1874) Steirodon degeeri (Stål, 1874) Steirodon dentatum (Stål, 1874) Steirodon dentiferoides Emsley, 1970 Steirodon dentiferum Walker, 1869 Steirodon dohrni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) Steirodon emarginatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) Steirodon emsleyi Piza, 1979 Steirodon fastigiosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) Steirodon flavolineatum (Bruner, 1915) Steirodon ganymedes (Rehn, 1944) Steirodon irregulariterdentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) Steirodon latipennis (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) Steirodon maroniensis Emsley, 1970 Steirodon ponderosum Stål, 1873 – type species by subsequent designation Steirodon rarospinulosum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) Steirodon robertsorum Emsley, 1970 Steirodon rufolineatum Emsley, 1970 Steirodon sandrae Emsley, 1970 Steirodon stalii (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) Steirodon striolatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) Steirodon sulcatum Emsley, 1970 Steirodon unidentatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) Steirodon validum Stål, 1874
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