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Species Neoconocephalus retusus - Round-tipped Conehead

Representative Images

Round-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus retusus - male 8023284 - Neoconocephalus retusus - male Katydid - Neoconocephalus retusus - female Katydid - Neoconocephalus retusus - female Neoconocephalus triops? - Neoconocephalus retusus - female Neoconocephalus retusus - male Neoconocephalus retusus? - Neoconocephalus retusus - male Conehead - Neoconocephalus retusus - 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)
Genus Neoconocephalus (Common Coneheads)
Species retusus (Round-tipped Conehead)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neoconocephalus retusus (Scudder 1878)

Size

37-52 mm

Identification

Song: A rather weak, beady, continuous buzz heard from within tangles of vegetation, during afternoons as well as at night.
Paraphrasing SINA:
small size
cone slightly longer than wide
wing extends less than 11 mm beyond hind femur
in female, ovipositor thin, much longer than hind femur

Range

Most of the eastern U.S., north to MA

Habitat

Dry to fairly wet grassy or weedy open areas-roadsides, old fields, edges of marshes.

Season

August - October

See Also

Broad-tipped Conehead - Neoconocephalus triops

Internet References

SINA
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 February, 2007 - 9:34pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ethan Kistler, metrioptera
Last updated 20 December, 2024 - 9:53am

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