''Conocephalus'' is a

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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 Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...

in 1815.

Description

''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to 27 mm in length, measured from head to wingtip. They can be distinguished from the related genus '' Orchelimum'' by being smaller and slimmer in general, the face usually being green and the

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of females usually being straight. The forewings vary in length. Some species always have short forewings, some usually have short forewings but occasionally have individuals with forewings longer than the abdomen, and some always have long forewings. Species can be distinguished by the shapes of the cerci (males) and ovipositor (females).

Ecology

Bush crickets of this genus live in fields and meadows, where they feed on leaves, flowers, pollen and seeds of grasses and forbs. They also sometimes prey on other insects. Females lay their eggs in grass stems.

Subgenera and species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following species, grouped into subgenera: Orthoptera Species File: ''Conocephalus'' Thunberg, 1815 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 11 June 2021)
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''Conocephalus (Amurocephalus)''

- subgenus: Storozhenko, 2004 (China) * '' Conocephalus chinensis'' (Redtenbacher, 1891)

''Conocephalus (Anisoptera)''

- subgenus: Latreille, 1829 (Worldwide) - synonym ''Xiphidium'' Burmeister, 1838 * '' Conocephalus aberrans'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * ''

Conocephalus adustus ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus aigialus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915 * '' Conocephalus algerinorum'' Massa, 1999 * ''

Conocephalus angustifrons ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * ''

Conocephalus angustivertex ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Pitkin, 1980 * ''

Conocephalus armatipes ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Karsch, 1893) * ''

Conocephalus attenuatus ''Conocephalus attenuatus'', the long-tailed meadow katydid or lance-tailed meadow katydid, is a species of meadow katydid in the family Tettigoniidae Insects in the family (biology), family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especia ...

'' (Scudder, 1869) * ''

Conocephalus bakeri ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Karny, 1920) * ''

Conocephalus bechuanensis ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Péringuey, 1916) * ''

Conocephalus beybienkoi ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Storozhenko, 1981 * ''

Conocephalus bidentatus ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Shi & Zheng, 1994 * ''

Conocephalus bilineatus ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Erichson, 1842) * ''

Conocephalus bivittatus ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Bolívar, 1900) * ''

Conocephalus borellii ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' (Giglio-Tos, 1897) * '' Conocephalus borneensis'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus brevicercus'' (Karsch, 1893) * '' Conocephalus brevipennis'' (Scudder, 1862) * '' Conocephalus caudalis'' (Walker, 1869) * '' Conocephalus chavesi'' (Bolívar, 1905) * '' Conocephalus cinereus'' Thunberg, 1815 * '' Conocephalus cognatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus concolor'' (Burmeister, 1838) * '' Conocephalus decaspinosus'' Nagar & Swaminathan, 2016 * '' Conocephalus denticercus'' (Karny, 1907) * '' Conocephalus dorsalidentatus'' Li, Zhang & Shi, 2019 * ''

Conocephalus dorsalis ''Conocephalus dorsalis'', the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with fl ...

'' (Latreille, 1804) * '' Conocephalus ebneri'' Harz, 1966 * '' Conocephalus equatorialis'' (Giglio-Tos, 1898) * '' Conocephalus exemptus'' (Walker, 1869) * '' Conocephalus exitiosus'' (McNeill, 1901) * '' Conocephalus exsul'' (Karny, 1911) * '' Conocephalus fasciatus'' (De Geer, 1773) * '' Conocephalus flavus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus formosus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus fulmeki'' (Ebner, 1927) * '' Conocephalus fuscus'' (Fabricius, 1793): disputed synonym ''C. discolor'' (Thunberg, 1815) - long-winged Conehead * '' Conocephalus gigantius'' (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908) * '' Conocephalus goianus'' Piza, 1977 * '' Conocephalus gracilicercus'' Li & Shi, 2018 * '' Conocephalus gracillimus'' Morse, 1901 * '' Conocephalus guangdongensis'' Shi & Liang, 1997 * ''

Conocephalus hainanensis ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Shi & Wang, 2015 * '' Conocephalus hastatus'' (Charpentier, 1825) * '' Conocephalus hilli'' Farooqi & Usmani, 2019 * '' Conocephalus honorei'' (Bolívar, 1900) * '' Conocephalus hygrophilus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915 * '' Conocephalus ictus'' (Scudder, 1875) * '' Conocephalus inconspicuus'' (Karny, 1920) * '' Conocephalus infumatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus insularis'' (Morse, 1905) * '' Conocephalus iriodes'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915 * '' Conocephalus iris'' (Serville, 1838) * '' Conocephalus japonicus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus kisi'' Harz, 1967 * '' Conocephalus kwasiphaiensis'' Nagar & Swaminathan, 2016 * '' Conocephalus liangi'' Liu & Zhang, 2007 * '' Conocephalus liebermanni'' Ebner, 1953 * '' Conocephalus longipennis'' (Haan, 1843) * '' Conocephalus maculatus'' (Le Guillou, 1841) * '' Conocephalus magdalenae'' Naskrecki, 2000 * '' Conocephalus meadowsae'' Harz, 1970 * '' Conocephalus melaenus'' (Haan, 1843) * '' Conocephalus nanlingensis'' Li, Xin & Shi, 2019 * '' Conocephalus nemoralis'' (Scudder, 1875) * ''

Conocephalus nigropleuroides ''Conocephalus'' is a genus of Tettigoniidae, 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. Description ''Conocephalus'' rang ...

'' Fox, 1912 * '' Conocephalus nigropleurum'' (Bruner, 1891) * '' Conocephalus occidentalis'' (Morse, 1901) * '' Conocephalus oceanicus'' (Le Guillou, 1841) * '' Conocephalus ochrotelus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915 * '' Conocephalus percaudatus'' Bey-Bienko, 1955 * '' Conocephalus peringueyi'' Uvarov, 1928 * '' Conocephalus pictus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus recticaudus'' Bruner, 1915 * '' Conocephalus redtenbacheri'' (Bolívar, 1905) * '' Conocephalus rentzi'' Farooqi & Usmani, 2018 * '' Conocephalus resacensis'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915 * '' Conocephalus resinus'' (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) * '' Conocephalus rhodesianus'' (Péringuey, 1916) * '' Conocephalus saltator'' (Saussure, 1859) * '' Conocephalus semivittatus'' (Walker, 1869) * '' Conocephalus semraensis'' Farooqi & Usmani, 2021 * '' Conocephalus shanghaiensis'' Zhou, Bi & Liu, 2010 * '' Conocephalus signatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus spartinae'' (Fox, 1912) * '' Conocephalus spinosus'' (Morse, 1901) * '' Conocephalus starmuehlneri'' Kaltenbach, 1968 * '' Conocephalus strictus'' (Scudder, 1875) * '' Conocephalus trifasciatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus trivittatus'' (Stål, 1861) * '' Conocephalus truncatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * ''

Conocephalus tumidus ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Pitkin, 1980 * '' Conocephalus tumultuosus'' Willemse, 1942 * '' Conocephalus unicolor'' Bruner, 1915 * '' Conocephalus versicolor'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * ''

Conocephalus vestitus ''Conocephalus'' is a genus of Tettigoniidae, 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. Description ''Conocephalus'' rang ...

'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus willemsei'' Pitkin, 1980 * '' Conocephalus yunnanensis'' Shi & Feng, 2009

''Conocephalus (Aphauropus)''

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (central America) * '' Conocephalus leptopterus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915

''Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion)''

- subgenus: Hebard, 1922 (Africa, Australasia: probably incomplete) * '' Conocephalus albescens'' (Walker, 1869) * '' Conocephalus bituberculatus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus dubius'' Willemse, 1942 * '' Conocephalus javanicus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus laetus'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus striata'' Willemse, 1942 * '' Conocephalus upoluensis'' (Karny, 1907) * '' Conocephalus vaginatus'' Willemse, 1942

''Conocephalus (Conocephalus)''

- subgenus: Thunberg, 1815 (Worldwide) * '' Conocephalus bambusanus'' Ingrisch, 1990 (synonym ''C. abispinatus'' Hsia & Liu, 1990) * '' Conocephalus basutoanus'' Chopard, 1955 * '' Conocephalus bispinatus'' Pitkin, 1980 * '' Conocephalus brevivalvus'' (Shi, Wang & Fu, 2005) * '' Conocephalus brincki'' Chopard, 1955 * '' Conocephalus conocephalus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
type species (as ''Gryllus conocephalus'' L.) * '' Conocephalus differentus'' Shi & Liang, 1997 * '' Conocephalus emeiensis'' Shi & Zheng, 1999 * '' Conocephalus lugubris'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus obtectus'' Karny, 1907 * '' Conocephalus saltans'' (Scudder, 1872) * '' Conocephalus somali'' (Burr, 1900) * '' Conocephalus sulcifrontis'' Xia & Liu, 1992 * '' Conocephalus tridens'' Hebard, 1933 * '' Conocephalus xiai'' Liu & Zhang, 2007

''Conocephalus (Dicellurina)''

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1938 (eastern USA) * '' Conocephalus allardi'' (Caudell, 1910)

''Conocephalus ( Megalotheca)''

- subgenus: Karny, 1907 (southern Africa, Madagascar) * '' Conocephalus longiceps'' (Péringuey, 1916) * '' Conocephalus marcelloi'' Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004 * '' Conocephalus montana'' (Uvarov, 1928) * '' Conocephalus namibius'' Gorochov, 2009 * '' Conocephalus nigrifrons'' (Chopard, 1952) * '' Conocephalus parvula'' (Péringuey, 1916) * ''

Conocephalus phasma ''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. Description ''Conocephalus'' range from 10 to ...

'' Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004 * '' Conocephalus vaginalis'' (Karny, 1907) * '' Conocephalus xiphidioides'' (Karny, 1907) * '' Conocephalus zlobini'' Gorochov, 2009

''Conocephalus (Opeastylus)''

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (southern America) * '' Conocephalus longipes'' (Redtenbacher, 1891) * '' Conocephalus vitticollis'' (Blanchard, 1851)

''Conocephalus (Perissacanthus)''

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (Paraguay) * '' Conocephalus strictoides'' (Caudell, 1906)

''Conocephalus ( Xenocerculus)''

- subgenus: Rubio & Braun 2024 (Argentina) * ''

Conocephalus tuyu ''Conocephalus'' is a genus of Tettigoniidae, 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. Description ''Conocephalus'' rang ...

'' Rubio & Braun 2024

subgenus not assigned

* '' Conocephalus aculeatus'' Piza, 1969 * '' Conocephalus affinis'' Redtenbacher, 1891 * '' Conocephalus goianus'' Piza, 1977 * '' Conocephalus algerinorum'' Massa, 1999 * '' Conocephalus cinereus'' Thunberg, 1815 * '' Conocephalus differentus'' Shi & Liang, 1997 * '' Conocephalus emeiensis'' Shi & Zheng, 1999 * '' Conocephalus halophilus'' Ishikawa, 2004 * '' Conocephalus melaenoides'' Sänger & Helfert, 1995 * '' Conocephalus sojolensis'' Sänger & Helfert, 1995 * '' Conocephalus spinosus'' (Morse, 1901) * '' Conocephalus stictomerus'' Rehn & Hebard, 1915

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2993514 Tettigoniidae genera