Conocephalinae

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Conocephalinae,[2] meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.

Conocephalinae
Female long winged conehead (Conocephalus fuscus), Cople, Bedfordshire.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Tettigonioidea
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Conocephalinae
Kirby & Spence, 1826
Tribes and genera

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Synonyms
  • Conocephalidae Kirby & Spence, 1826
  • Conocephalidi Burmeister, 1838[1]

Genera

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The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:[3]

 
female nymph of Lesina karnyi
 
Macroxiphus sp. (ant mimic)

Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891

  • subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891
  • subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892
  • subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998
  • subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998
  • subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897
  • subtribe undetermined (many genera)

Tribe Armadillagraeciini

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Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012[3]

  1. Armadillagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
  2. Kapalgagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
  3. Lichenagraecia Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012

Tribe Cestrophorini

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South America; Auth: Gorochov, 2015[3]

  1. Acanthacara Scudder, 1869
  2. Cestrophorus Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Coniungopterini

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Mostly South America and Australia; Auth: Rentz & Gurney, 1985[3]

  1. Coniungoptera Rentz & Gurney, 1985
  2. Metholce Walker, 1871
  3. Veria Walker, 1869

Tribe Conocephalini

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Auth: Burmeister, 1838

 
Orchelimum pulchellum
Meadow Katydids in Hawaii
subtribe Karniellina Hemp & Heller, 2010 (Africa)
subtribe not placed (global distribution)

Worldwide; Auth: Karny 1912; selected genera:

 
Copiphora rhinoceros female

Tribe Euconchophorini

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Madagascar; Auth: Gorochov, 1988[3]

  1. Amblylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
  2. Colossopus Saussure, 1899
  3. Euconchophora Brongniart, 1897
  4. Malagasopus Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017
  5. Odontolakis Redtenbacher, 1891
  6. Oncodopus Brongniart, 1897

Tribe undetermined

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  1. Ebneria Karny, 1920 - China[3]
  2. Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
  3. Graminofolium Nickle, 2007 - Neotropical
  4. Nemoricultrix Mello-Leitão, 1940 - Neotropical
  5. Paulianacris Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar

References

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  1. ^ Burmeister H (1838) Handbuch der entomologie.
  2. ^ Kirby W, Spence (1826) An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects 3: 35.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 March 2010; partially checked 11 March 2021)
  4. ^ Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)
  • Gorochov, A.V., 2011: Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from east Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 2. Far Eastern Entomologist 227: 1-12.
  • Ingrisch, S. 2015. A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 3. Zootaxa 4046 (1): 1–308. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4046.1.1
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