''Conocephalus dorsalis'', the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to 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, ...
, subfamily
Conocephalinae
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.
Genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:
Tribe Agraeciini
Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia an ...
. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds . It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia
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References
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Orthoptera of Europe
Insects described in 1804
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