Stilpnochlora

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.^[1][2][3][4]

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

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).^[5] 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).^[5] As far as known, Stilpnochlora and all other members of the tribe Steirodontini are entirely herbivorous.^[5]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Stilpnochlora:^[2][3]

• 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