Stolzia (insect)

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Stolzia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Incolacridinae
Genus: Stolzia
Willemse, 1930
Synonyms
  • Butonacris Willemse, 1933

Stolzia[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae (previously the monotypic tribe Incolacridini Tinkham, 1940; synonyms: Incolacri, Stolziini). Species have been recorded from India and Malesia.[2]

Description[edit]

The genus Stolzia differs from genera of Catantopinae by having an asymmetrical epiphallus (male) and in females, the dorsal valves of the ovipositor are apically broadened, rounded and distinctly serrate.[3]

Species[edit]

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Stolzia aberrans (Willemse, 1938)
  2. Stolzia borneensis (Willemse, 1938)
  3. Stolzia fasciata (Willemse, 1933)
  4. Stolzia javana Ramme, 1941
  5. Stolzia nigromaculata (Willemse, 1938)
  6. Stolzia rubromaculata Willemse, 1930 - type species - locality Solok, Sumatra

Note: five species, previously placed here, have been moved to the restored genus Incolacris Willemse, 1932 and S. vietnamensis Storozhenko, 2020 is now placed in the new genus Asymmetritania Storozhenko, 2021.

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