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:
Habitat
Dry grasslands, old fields with grasses.
Season
Most records: Aug-Sept (BG data). July-October (Michigan). August-frost (North Carolina)
Remarks
Type locality: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX
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)
Scudder, S.H. 1875. A Century of Ortoptera. Decade II. Locustinae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 17: 454-562.