Rostella

Rostella
Rostella phyllocera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Metrodorinae
Tribe: Cleostratini
Genus:
Hancock, 1913
Synonyms

Mitrariella Willemse, 1928

Rostella is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Metrodorinae;[1] it was erected by Joseph Hancock in 1913.[2] and placed in the tribe Cleostratini by S.Y. Storozhenko.[3] The recorded distribution for species in this genus (possibly incomplete) is Thailand and western Malesia.[1]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[1] includes:

  1. Rostella gorochovi Storozhenko, 2016
  2. Rostella guentheri Kevan, 1966
  3. Rostella phyllocera (Haan, 1843) – type species (as Acridium (Tetrix) phyllocerum Haan, 1843)
  4. Rostella processus (Hancock, 1907)
  5. Rostella sumatrana (Willemse, 1928)

References

  1. ^ a b c Orthoptera Species File: genus Rostella Hancock, 1913 (retrieved 8 July 2025)]
  2. ^ Hancock JL (1913) Studies of Tetriginae (Acrydinae) from Sarawak Museum, Borneo. The Sarawak Museum Journal, 1(3), 39–54.
  3. ^ Storozhenko SY (2016) Far Eastern Entomologist 326: 1-44 available here
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