Stolzia (insect)

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]

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

Description

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

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.

References

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