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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Coneheads and Meadow Katydids (Conocephalinae) » Coneheads (Copiphorini) » Common Coneheads (Neoconocephalus) » Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger)

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Conehead Katydid (Copiphorinae) - Species? - Neoconocephalus ensiger -

Paul Douglas FP, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 19, 2006
Size: ~5cms

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Conehead Katydid (Copiphorinae) - Species? - Neoconocephalus ensiger - female

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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 19 August, 2006 - 1:43pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 5:44pm

Moved

Moved from Common Coneheads.

… Tom Bentley, 12 February, 2007 - 8:56pm

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Genus- Neoconocephalus

Which isn't a very big step- most coneheads are in this genus including 8 or 9 species in your area. It is probably Sword-bearing Conehead, Neoconocephalus ensiger. That is what it looks most like, but I can't say for sure.

… Philip Chaon, 19 August, 2006 - 11:57pm

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Conehead

I agree with Phil that it's probably a Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger). To get a better ID, you would have to look at the ventral view of the cone.

… Ethan Kistler, 20 August, 2006 - 8:31pm

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After keying it (http://buzz.

After keying it (http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/g185a.htm) out based on what I remember, I think Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger) is the correct species. The habitat was also correct.

… Tom Bentley, 20 August, 2006 - 9:24pm

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i will move it to the Neocono

i will move it to the Neoconocephalus genus and if someone feels very strongly that it is Neoconocephalus ensiger, then they can move it to the guide page.

… Tom Bentley, 21 August, 2006 - 9:22am

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Neoconocephalus ensiger

Yes, it's certainly a Sword-bearing Conehead (Neoconocephalus ensiger). I don’t think there is a species page for Sword-bearing so I didn’t move it.

… Ethan Kistler, 12 February, 2007 - 8:51pm

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