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 known as coneheads, grasshopper-like insects with an extended, cone-shaped projection on their heads that juts forward in front of the base of the
antennae.
Description
Species in the Copiphorini vary in length from about . In most species, the female is considerably larger than the male, and in some, the largest male is smaller than the smallest female.
[ Like other members of the cricket suborder Ensifera, they differ from grasshoppers (suborder Caelifera) in having filamentous antennae that are longer than their bodies. Most species have loud songs which enable them to be identified. The call is made in most instances by the two fore wings rubbing together. Some species can hear with the aid of hearing organs in the tibia segments of their legs. The ]ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ...
is straight and slender and bears no teeth.
Genera
Genera include:
# '' Acantheremus'' Karny, 1907
# '' Anacaona'' Yong, 2019
# '' Apoecides'' Bolívar, 1914
# '' Artiotonus'' Montealegre-Z., Morris, Sarria-S. & Mason, 2011
# '' Banza'' Walker, 1870
# '' Belocephalus'' Scudder, 1875
# '' Borinquenula'' Walker & Gurney, 1972
# '' Brachycaulopsis'' Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2013
# '' Bucrates'' Burmeister, 1838
# '' Caetitus'' Antunes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Takiya, 2018
# '' Caulopsis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Clasma'' Karsch, 1893
# '' Conocephaloides'' Perkins, 1899
# ''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
# '' Coryphodes'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Daedalellus'' Uvarov, 1940
# '' Dorycoryphus'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Erioloides'' Hebard, 1927
# '' Eriolus'' Bolívar, 1888
# '' Eucaulopsis'' Hebard, 1931
# ''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
# '' Eurymetopa'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Gryporhynchium'' Uvarov, 1940
# '' Lamniceps'' Bolívar, 1903
# '' Lanista'' Bolívar, 1890
# '' Lanistoides'' Sjöstedt, 1913
# '' Liostethus'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Lirometopum'' Scudder, 1875
# '' Loboscelis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Mayacephalus'' Cadena-Castañeda, Monzón-Sierra & Cortés-Torres, 2016
# '' Melanophoxus'' Karny, 1907
# '' Metacaputus'' Naskrecki, 2000
# '' Moncheca'' Walker, 1869
# '' Montesa'' Walker, 1869
# '' Mygalopsis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Neoconocephalus'' Karny, 1907
# '' Oxyprora'' Stål, 1873
# '' Panacanthus'' Walker, 1869
# '' Parabucrates'' Scudder, 1897
# '' Paroxyprora'' Karny, 1907
# '' Parvarhynchus'' Farooqi & Usmani, 2020
# '' Pedinostethus'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Phaneracra'' Uvarov, 1936
# '' Phoxacris'' Karny, 1907
# '' Plastocorypha'' Karsch, 1896
# '' Pluviasilva'' Naskrecki, 2000
# '' Poascirtus'' Saussure, 1899
# '' Podacanthophorus'' Naskrecki, 2000
# '' Pseudorhynchus'' Serville, 1838
# '' Pyrgocorypha'' Stål, 1873
# '' Rombophora'' Yong, 2019
# ''Ruspolia
''Ruspolia''Schulthess (1898) ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova'' 39: 207. is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Conocephalinae. This genus includes species that may be called 'cone-heads', but the name has also been used for ''Conoceph ...
'' Schulthess, 1898
# '' Santandera'' Koçak & Kemal, 2008
# '' Sphodrophoxus'' Hebard, 1924
# '' Toledopizia'' Chamorro-Rengifo & Braun, 2010
# '' Unicorniella'' Yong, 2019
# '' Vestria'' Stål, 1874
# '' Xestophrys'' Redtenbacher, 1891
References
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Conocephalinae
Orthoptera tribes