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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)

Tribe Copiphorini - Coneheads

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Sword-bearing Conehead - Neoconocephalus ensiger - male Which large green grasshopper? - Neoconocephalus - male Neoconocephalus velox - male Neoconocephalus triops? Male? - Neoconocephalus triops - male ?? - Neoconocephalus retusus Pennsylvania Conehead for ID - Neoconocephalus retusus - male Large Brown Katydid in Winter? - Neoconocephalus triops - male Neoconocephalus triops mate (used for article on rearing) - Neoconocephalus triops - male - 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 Copiphorini (Coneheads)
Numbers
23 species in 4 genera north of Mexico (1)
Identification
Distinguished from the Meadow Katydids by more conical cone-like fastigium between front of eyes, larger size, more robust form.

Often considered as a distinct subfamily.

Overview of Genera:

Pyrgocorypha - 1 species, southeastern U.S.

Bucrates - 2 species, eastern U.S. coast and Arizona

Belocephalus - 5 species, FL and adjoining states

Neoconocephalus - 14 species, mainly eastern U.S.
Internet References
Illustrated key to genera - SINA
Works Cited
1.Singing Insects of North America
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 1 October, 2010 - 11:57pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 23 February, 2014 - 1:54pm

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