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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) » Meadow Katydids (Conocephalini) » Lesser Meadow Katydids (Conocephalus) » Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus strictus)

Species Conocephalus strictus - Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Conocephalus strictus - female 2018-09-21 2nd short-winged katydid - Conocephalus strictus - male Unknown katydid - Conocephalus strictus - male Conocephalus strictus - female Conocephalus strictus adult male - Conocephalus strictus - male Conocephalus strictus mating - Conocephalus strictus - male - female Conocephalus strictus nymph male - Conocephalus strictus - male KTD - Conocephalus strictus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Tribe Conocephalini (Meadow Katydids)
Genus Conocephalus (Lesser Meadow Katydids)
Species strictus (Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid)
Other Common Names
Straight-lanced Katydid - OSF
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conocephalus strictus (Scudder)
Orig. Comb: Xiphidium strictum Scudder, 1875
Numbers
18 spp. n. of Mex. - SINA
Size
13-30 mm
Short-winged form is 13-22 mm, long-winged 21-30 mm
Identification
Large for a Conocephalus. Tegmina (forewings) usually very short.
Male has long cerci:
Females have distinctive long straight ovipositor, exceeding body length:
Range
AZ-GA-RI-WY / Mex. - Map - SINA
Habitat
Dry grasslands, old fields with grasses.
Season
Most records: Aug-Sept (BG data). July-October (Michigan). August-frost (North Carolina)
Food
Grasses.
Remarks
Type locality: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
See Also
Large Meadow-katydids, Orchelimum spp.
Print References
Capinera, pp. 182-183, plate 40--illustration of female (1)
Helfer, p. 266, fig. 409 (2)
Bland, p. 150, fig. 21G--male cerci (3)
Brimley, p. 20 (4)
Scudder, S.H. 1875. A Century of Ortoptera. Decade II. Locustinae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 17: 454-562.
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America
Orthoptera Species File
Works Cited
1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
3.Orthoptera of Michigan
Roger Bland. 2003. Michigan State University Extension.
4.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 July, 2005 - 12:35am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, metrioptera, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 10 June, 2020 - 4:24pm

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