Biology:Rostella

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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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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

Wikidata ☰ Q10657192 entry