Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grass ...
n subfamily in the family
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, ...
.
Genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:
[Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 March 2010; partially checked 11 March 2021)]
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Tribe Agraeciini
Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891
* subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891
** '' Agraecia'' Serville, 1831
* subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892
** '' Lesina'' Walker, 1869
* subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998
** '' Labugama'' Henry, 1932
** '' Liara'' Redtenbacher, 1891
** '' Macroxiphus'' Pictet, 1888
* subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998
** '' Oxylakis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
* subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897
** '' Salomona'' Blanchard, 1853
* subtribe undetermined (many genera)
** '' Coptaspis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
Tribe Armadillagraeciini
Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012[
# '' Armadillagraecia'' Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
# '' Kapalgagraecia'' Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
# '' Lichenagraecia'' Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012
]
Tribe Cestrophorini
South America; Auth: Gorochov, 2015[
# '' Acanthacara'' Scudder, 1869
# '' Cestrophorus'' Redtenbacher, 1891
]
Tribe Coniungopterini
Mostly South America and Australia; Auth: Rentz & Gurney, 1985[
# '' Coniungoptera'' Rentz & Gurney, 1985
# '' Metholce'' Walker, 1871
# '']Veria
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'' Walker, 1869
Tribe Conocephalini
Auth: Burmeister, 1838
;subtribe Karniellina Hemp & Heller, 2010 (Africa)
* '' Acanthoscirtes'' Hemp, 2012
* '' Chortoscirtes'' Hemp, 2010
* '' Fulvoscirtes'' Hemp, 2012
* '' Karniella'' Rehn, 1914
* '' Melanoscirtes'' Hemp, 2010
* '' Naskreckiella'' Ünal, 2005
* '' Phlesirtes'' Bolívar, 1922
;subtribe not placed (global distribution)
* '' Conanalus'' Tinkham, 1943
* ''Conocephalus
''Conocephalus'' is a genus of bush-crickets, known as coneheads (a term also sometimes applied to members of the related genus ''Ruspolia''). It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.
Subgenera and species
The ''Orthoptera Species File ...
'' Thunberg, 1815Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)
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** subgenus '' Amurocephalus'' Storozhenko, 2004: ''A. chinensis'' (Redtenbacher, 1891)
** subgenus ''Anisoptera
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threate ...
'' Latreille, 1829
** subgenus '' Aphauropus: A. leptopterus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915
** subgenus '' Chloroxiphidion'' Hebard, 1922
** subgenus ''Conocephalus
''Conocephalus'' is a genus of bush-crickets, known as coneheads (a term also sometimes applied to members of the related genus ''Ruspolia''). It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.
Subgenera and species
The ''Orthoptera Species File ...
'' Thunberg, 1815
** subgenus '' Dicellurina'' Rehn & Hebard, 1938
** subgenus ''Megalotheca
''Megalotheca'' was an African genus of bush cricket in the subfamily Conocephalinae - now considered a subgenus - see: Conocephalus
''Conocephalus'' is a genus of bush-crickets, known as coneheads (a term also sometimes applied to members ...
'' Karny, 1907
** subgenus '' Opeastylus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915
** subgenus '' Perissacanthus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915
* '' Elasmometopus'' Chopard, 1952
* '' Enoplocephalacris'' Chopard, 1952
* '' Euxiphidion'' Bruner, 1915
* '' Fatuhivella'' Hebard, 1935
* '' Lipotactomimus'' Naskrecki, 2000
* ''Luzoniella
''Luzoniella signifrons''Karny (1926) ''Treubia'' 9(1-3): 185. is a species of "conehead" bush crickets or katydids, endemic to the Philippines. It is the only species in the genus ''Luzoniella'': which is named after the northern island wh ...
'' Karny, 1926
* '' Nukuhivella'' Hebard, 1935
* '' Odontoxiphidium'' Morse, 1901
* '' Orchelimum'' Serville, 1838
* '' Paulianacris'' Chopard, 1952
* '' Thyridorhoptrum'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915
* '' Tympanotriba'' Piza, 1971 - monotypic: ''T. vittata Piza, 1971
* '' Xiphelimum'' Caudell, 1906 - monotypic: ''X. amplipennis'' Caudell, 1906
Tribe
Copiphorini
The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed in the subfamily Conocephalinae. Like some other members of Conocephalinae, they are k ...
Worldwide; Auth: Karny 1912; selected genera:
* '' Banza'' Walker, 1870
* '' Belocephalus'' Scudder, 1875
* ''Copiphora
''Copiphora'' is a large genus of large bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae from South America and southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Species include:
* '' Copiphora azteca'' Saussure & Pictet, 1898
* '' Copiphora brachyptera'' ...
'' Serville, 1831
* ''Euconocephalus
''Euconocephalus'' is a genus of bush cricket in the 'conehead' tribe Copiphorini
The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed ...
'' Karny, 1907
* ''Lanista
''Lanista'' is a genus of African bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned gr ...
'' Bolívar, 1890
* '' Moncheca'' Walker, 1869
* '' Neoconocephalus'' Karny, 1907
* '' Panacanthus'' Walker, 1869
* '' Pseudorhynchus'' Serville, 1838
* '' Pyrgocorypha'' Stål, 1873
* '' Ruspolia'' Schulthess Schindler, 1898
* '' Xestophrys'' Redtenbacher, 1891
Tribe Euconchophorini
Madagascar; Auth: Gorochov, 1988[
# '' Amblylakis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Colossopus'' Saussure, 1899
# '' Euconchophora'' Brongniart, 1897
# '' Malagasopus'' Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017
# '' Odontolakis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Oncodopus'' Brongniart, 1897
]
Tribe undetermined
# '' Ebneria'' Karny, 1920 - China[
# '' Elasmometopus'' Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
# '' Graminofolium'' Nickle, 2007 - Neotropical
# '' Nemoricultrix'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 - Neotropical
# '' Paulianacris'' Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
]
References
* Gorochov, A.V., 2011: Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from east Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 2. Far Eastern Entomologist 227: 1-12.
* Ingrisch, S. 2015. A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 3. Zootaxa 4046 (1): 1–308.
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Orthoptera subfamilies