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Species Conocephalus brevipennis - Short-winged Meadow Katydid

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orthoptera - Conocephalus brevipennis - female Short-winged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - female Short-winged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - female Short-winged meadow katydid? - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Short-winged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)? - Conocephalus brevipennis - female Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennis - male Conocephalus brevipennis - male Conocephalus brevipennis

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 brevipennis (Short-winged Meadow Katydid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder, 1862)

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

Singing Insects of North America

Works Cited

1.Orthoptera of Michigan
Roger Bland. 2003. Michigan State University Extension.
2.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 October, 2005 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 10 November, 2023 - 1:06am

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