Conocephalus dorsalis, the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds. It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia.[2]
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| Conocephalus dorsalis Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Conocephalus |
| Subgenus: | Anisoptera |
| Species: | C. dorsalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Conocephalus dorsalis | |
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References
edit- ^ Latreille, P.A., 1804 Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Dufart, Paris, 10: 1–415 pp., plates 81-90.
- ^ Fauna Europaea