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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Lesser Meadow Katydids (Conocephalus) » Short-winged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)

Species Conocephalus brevipennis - Short-winged Meadow Katydid

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Short-winged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - female Katydid nymph? - Conocephalus brevipennis Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Female Field Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - female katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Longhorned Grasshopper - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Longhorned Grasshopper - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Short-winged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Genus Conocephalus (Lesser Meadow Katydids)
Species brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid)
Size
12-16 mm
Identification
Typically has short wings, a few mm shorter than body. Males can be recognized by structure of cerci--see SINA page on genus, and the thumbnail below:

Female ovipositor is shorter than body, upper margin is nearly straight.
Range
Eastern and central North America
Habitat
Damp meadows, edges of streams, marshes.
Season
Late summer to fall. Late July-October (Michigan). August-frost (North Carolina).
Print References
Bland, p. 147--photo of specimen of male (1)
Brimley, p. 20 (2)
Internet References
SINA
Works Cited
1.Orthoptera of Michigan
By Roger Bland
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 October, 2005 - 8:57pm
Last updated 30 October, 2007 - 8:54am

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