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  subfamily Phaneropterinae Burmeister, 1838
tribe Steirodontini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
genus Stilpnochlora Stål, 1873

species Stilpnochlora couloniana (Saussure, 1861)

• Common name(s):  Giant Katydid
• Images: (4) See all images
  • male (Monroe Co., FL, USA)
  • female habitus, dorsal view (holotype); specimen
  • female pronotum dorsal (holotype); specimen
• Sound recordings:
  • male from USA, Florida, Monroe Co., Collier Seminole State Park
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Saussure. 1861. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13):128 >> Phylloptera couloniana
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1878. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 28:359  
  • Bolívar, I. 1888. Mem. Soc. Zool. France 1:148 >> Stilpnochlora couloniana  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:455 >> Microcentrum marginella  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1917. Entomol. News 28:111
  • Emsley. 1970. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 122:140 >> Note: Redescription >> Stilpnochlora couloniana  
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 167, Plate 36 >> Stilpnochlora couloniana
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Caribbean, Cuba
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  MHNG Geneva Museum