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]

Conocephalus dorsalis
Conocephalus dorsalis Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Conocephalus
Subgenus: Anisoptera
Species:
C. dorsalis
Binomial name
Conocephalus dorsalis
(Latreille, 1804)[1]
Synonyms
  • Xiphidium brevicaudatum (Uvarov, 1910)
  • Xiphidion dorsale var. burri (Ebner, 1910)
  • Anisoptera hungaricus (Cziki, 1923)
Close-Up of a Conocephalus dorsalis

References

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  1. ^ Latreille, P.A., 1804 Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Dufart, Paris, 10: 1–415 pp., plates 81-90.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea