Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Phaneropterinae > Tribe Steirodontini > Genus Steirodon
Steirodon (Posidippus) dentiferum Walker, 1869 Walker, 1869
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Most of the northern part of South America, from Colombia and Venezuela to Bolivia and southern Brazil.
 
Observations
Very large, with toothed lateral margins of the pronotum disk. The species in Misiones could also be the very similar Steirodon (Posidippus) dentiferoides Emsley, 1970. Needs verification.
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References
  • REHN, J.A.G. 1913. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 65:273-379:367.
  • 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 :160.
  • FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :53.
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