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Stolzia (insect)

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

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.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

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

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

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