Rostella

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

Mitrariella Willemse, 1928

Rostella is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Criotettiginae; it was erected by Joseph Hancock in 1913. (no tribe assigned, previously placed in the Cleostratini by S.Y. Storozhenko). The recorded distribution for species in this genus (possibly incomplete) is Thailand and western Malesia.

Species

The Orthoptera Species File 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 2 3 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