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Conocephalini
Kirby & Spence, 1826
genus
Conocephalus
Thunberg, 1815
subgenus
Conocephalus
Thunberg, 1815
species
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
(Linnaeus, 1767)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16846
Common name(s): African Meadow Katydid
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specimen
Sound recordings:
lab recording, 21/7/1991 at 22.00 h, 20°C (Uher, tape no. CS_U13G, 3 males in net, rivalry song?);
specimen
male in plastic vial, night, 25°C, 8 May 2018 (Pettersson D1000X);
specimen
male in plastic vial, night, 25°C, 11 May 2018 (iBook+M-Audio with Sony microphone);
specimen
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Xeno-canto
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Widespread throughout open, grassy habitats, including road verges.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (46):
Linnaeus. 1767. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1, pt. 2:696
>>
Gryllus
(
Tettigonia
)
conocephalus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16847
Fabricius. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 285
>>
Locusta
conocephala
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16848
Fabricius. 1793. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae 2:39 >>
Locusta
conocephala
Thunberg. 1815. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg 5:272, 273
>> Note: synonym >>
Conocephalus
hemipterus
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:279
>>
Anisoptera
conocephalus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16850
Griffini. 1908. Mem. Soc. entom. Belgique, Bruxelles 15:68
>>
Anisoptera
conocephala
Sjöstedt. 1910[1909]. In Sjöstedt [Ed.]. Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt 3:140
>>
Xiphidion
conocephalus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16852
Karny. 1912. Genera Insectorum 135:13
>>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16846
Bruner, L. 1920[1919]. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 13:124
>>
Xiphidion
conocephalus
Chopard. 1922. Faune de France 3:50, 74
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Chopard. 1943. Faune de l'Empire Français 1:112 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Chopard. 1951. Faune de France 56:103
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Nadig. 1959[1958]. Jb. Naturf. Ges. Graubünden 87:25
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
conocephalus
Ragge & R. Roy. 1961. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 62:105 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Harz. 1969. Ser. Entomol. 5:184 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Miksic. 1980. Godišnjak Biol. Inst. Univ. Sarajevo 33:129-145 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):385 >> Note: no material in LS coll. >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Willemse, F.M.H. 1985. Fauna Graeciae I. 1a:23 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Nadig. 1985. Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Gesellsch. 58(3-4):325-336
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Conocephalus
conocephalus
Pinedo. 1985[1984]. Eos 60:270
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Conocephalus
conocephalus
Heller, K.-G. 1988. Ökol. Forsch. Anwend 1:78 >> Note: song >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Ehrmann. 1988. Articulata 3(4):149
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Gangwere & Llorente del Moral. 1992. Eos 68(1):75
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Naskrecki & Ünal. 1995. Beiträge zur Entomologie 45(2):400
>>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:40 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Defaut. 1999. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 2:10
>>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Defaut. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France 12 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Braud, Sardet & Morin. 2002. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 7:7
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé. 2002. Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina 1-592 >> Note: (only in key) >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Voisin [Ed.]. 2003. Patrimoines Naturels 60:18 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Hemp, C. & A. Hemp. 2003. Ecotropica 9:71-97
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Conocephalus
conocephalus
Mahasneh & Katbeh-Bader. 2004. Denisia 14:259 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Baccetti. 2004. Redia 86:23 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Naskrecki. 2006. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 40:50 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Massa. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(1):78
>>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Sahnoun, Doumandji & Desutter-Grandcolas. 2010. Zootaxa 2432:21 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:198 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3613(4):313 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Felix & Massa. 2016. 4189 1:10 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Willemse, L., Kleukers & Baudewijn. 2018. The Grasshoppers of Greece 196 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Heller, K.-G. 2019. Zootaxa 4563(1):53, 58 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Naskrecki & Guta. 2019. Zootaxa 4682(1):18 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Massa, Annoyer, C. Perez, Danflous & Duvot. 2020. Zootaxa 4780(3):404 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Cassar, L.F., Ebejer & Massa. 2020. Zootaxa 4885(1):108 >>
Conocephalus
conocephalus
Massa. 2021. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 57(1):40 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
conocephalus
Hemp, C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya 72 >>
Conocephalus
(
Conocephalus
)
conocephalus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
Status of type: lost
synonym
aethiopica
(Thunberg, 1789)
synonym
hemipterus
Thunberg, 1815
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