Conocephalus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Ensifera
Infraordo: Tettigoniidea
Superfamilia: Tettigonioidea

Familia:Tettigoniidae
Subfamilia: Conocephalinae
Tribus: Conocephalini
Genus: Conocephalus

Subgenera: C. (Amurocephalus) – C. (Anisoptera) – C. (Aphauropus) – C. (Chloroxiphidion) – C. (Conocephalus) – C. (Dicellurina) – C. (Opeastylus) – C. (Perissacanthus) – C. (Xiphidion)
Overview of species

C. aculeatus – C. albescens – C. algerinorum – C. bilineatus – C. chinensis – C. decaspinosus – C. differentus – C. dorsalis – C. emeiensis – C. exemptus – C. fuscus – C. goianus – C. gracilicercus – C. guangdongensis – C. hainanensis – C. halophilus – C. kwasiphaiensis – C. liangi – C. longiceps – C. marcelloi – C. melaenoides – C. melaenus – C. modestus – C. phasma – C. rentzi – C. semivittatus – C. shanghaiensis – C. sojolensis – C. stictomerus – C. upoluensis – C. xiai – C. xiphidioides
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Name

Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815
References

Thunberg, C.P. 1815. Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 5: 211–302. BHL Reference page. , pages: 214, 271.
Farooqi, M.K. & Usmani, M.K. 2018. Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India. Zootaxa 4461(3): 381–398. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.3.4 Paywall Reference page.
Li, Y-Q. & Shi, F-M. 2018. Notes on the genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Southwest China with description of one new species. Zootaxa 4438(1): 148–158. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.7 Paywall Reference page.
Nagar, R. & Swaminathan, R. 2016. Notes on the genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from India and description of two new species. Zootaxa 4126(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.1.1. Reference page.
Shi, F-M. & Wang, P. 2015. The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species. Zootaxa 3994(1): 144–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Zhou, M.; Bi, W-x.; Liu, X-w. 2010: The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) in China. Zootaxa, 2527: 49–60. Preview PDF

Links

Conocephalus - ION
Conocephalus - Nomenclator Zoologicus
Conocephalus – Taxon details on BugGuide.
Conocephalus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Conocephalus – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
Conocephalus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Conocephalus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Conocephalus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Conocephalus – Taxon details on New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR).
Conocephalus – Taxon details on Orthoptera Species File.

Vernacular names
English: smaller meadow grasshoppers
français: Conocéphale
日本語: ササキリ属

Conocephalus is a genus of bush-crickets, known as coneheads (a term also sometimes applied to members of the related genus Ruspolia). It was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.[1]

Subgenera and species

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following species, grouped into subgenera:[2]
Conocephalus (Amurocephalus)

- subgenus: Storozhenko, 2004 (China)

Conocephalus chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)

Conocephalus (Anisoptera)

- subgenus: Latreille, 1829 (Worldwide) - synonym Xiphidium Burmeister, 1838

Conocephalus aberrans (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus adustus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus aigialus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Conocephalus algerinorum Massa, 1999
Conocephalus angustifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus angustivertex Pitkin, 1980
Conocephalus armatipes (Karsch, 1893)
Conocephalus attenuatus (Scudder, 1869)
Conocephalus bakeri (Karny, 1920)
Conocephalus bechuanensis (Péringuey, 1916)
Conocephalus beybienkoi Storozhenko, 1981
Conocephalus bidentatus Shi & Zheng, 1994
Conocephalus bilineatus (Erichson, 1842)
Conocephalus bivittatus (Bolívar, 1900)
Conocephalus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1897)
Conocephalus borneensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus brevicercus (Karsch, 1893)
Conocephalus brevipennis (Scudder, 1862)
Conocephalus caudalis (Walker, 1869)
Conocephalus chavesi (Bolívar, 1905)
Conocephalus cinereus Thunberg, 1815
Conocephalus cognatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus concolor (Burmeister, 1838)
Conocephalus decaspinosus Nagar & Swaminathan, 2016
Conocephalus denticercus (Karny, 1907)
Conocephalus dorsalidentatus Li, Zhang & Shi, 2019
Conocephalus dorsalis (Latreille, 1804)
Conocephalus ebneri Harz, 1966
Conocephalus equatorialis (Giglio-Tos, 1898)
Conocephalus exemptus (Walker, 1869)
Conocephalus exitiosus (McNeill, 1901)
Conocephalus exsul (Karny, 1911)
Conocephalus fasciatus (De Geer, 1773)
Conocephalus flavus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus formosus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus fulmeki (Ebner, 1927)
Conocephalus fuscus (Fabricius, 1793): disputed synonym C. discolor (Thunberg, 1815) - long-winged Conehead
Conocephalus gigantius (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908)
Conocephalus goianus Piza, 1977
Conocephalus gracilicercus Li & Shi, 2018
Conocephalus gracillimus Morse, 1901
Conocephalus guangdongensis Shi & Liang, 1997
Conocephalus hainanensis Shi & Wang, 2015
Conocephalus hastatus (Charpentier, 1825)
Conocephalus hilli Farooqi & Usmani, 2019
Conocephalus honorei (Bolívar, 1900)
Conocephalus hygrophilus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Conocephalus ictus (Scudder, 1875)
Conocephalus inconspicuus (Karny, 1920)
Conocephalus infumatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus insularis (Morse, 1905)
Conocephalus iriodes Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Conocephalus iris (Serville, 1838)
Conocephalus japonicus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus kisi Harz, 1967
Conocephalus kwasiphaiensis Nagar & Swaminathan, 2016
Conocephalus liangi Liu & Zhang, 2007
Conocephalus liebermanni Ebner, 1953
Conocephalus longipennis (Haan, 1843)
Conocephalus maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)
Conocephalus magdalenae Naskrecki, 2000
Conocephalus meadowsae Harz, 1970
Conocephalus melaenus (Haan, 1843)
Conocephalus nanlingensis Li, Xin & Shi, 2019
Conocephalus nemoralis (Scudder, 1875)
Conocephalus nigropleuroides Fox, 1912
Conocephalus nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891)
Conocephalus occidentalis (Morse, 1901)
Conocephalus oceanicus (Le Guillou, 1841)
Conocephalus ochrotelus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Conocephalus percaudatus Bey-Bienko, 1955
Conocephalus peringueyi Uvarov, 1928
Conocephalus pictus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus recticaudus Bruner, 1915
Conocephalus redtenbacheri (Bolívar, 1905)
Conocephalus rentzi Farooqi & Usmani, 2018
Conocephalus resacensis Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Conocephalus resinus (Saussure & Pictet, 1898)
Conocephalus rhodesianus (Péringuey, 1916)
Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859)
Conocephalus semivittatus (Walker, 1869)
Conocephalus semraensis Farooqi & Usmani, 2021
Conocephalus shanghaiensis Zhou, Bi & Liu, 2010
Conocephalus signatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus spartinae (Fox, 1912)
Conocephalus spinosus (Morse, 1901)
Conocephalus starmuehlneri Kaltenbach, 1968
Conocephalus strictus (Scudder, 1875)
Conocephalus trifasciatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus trivittatus (Stål, 1861)
Conocephalus truncatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus tumidus Pitkin, 1980
Conocephalus tumultuosus Willemse, 1942
Conocephalus unicolor Bruner, 1915
Conocephalus versicolor (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus vestitus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus willemsei Pitkin, 1980
Conocephalus yunnanensis Shi & Feng, 2009

Conocephalus (Aphauropus)

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (central America)

Conocephalus leptopterus Rehn & Hebard, 1915

Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion)

- subgenus: Hebard, 1922 (Africa, Australasia: probably incomplete)

Conocephalus albescens (Walker, 1869)
Conocephalus bituberculatus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus dubius Willemse, 1942
Conocephalus javanicus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus striata Willemse, 1942
Conocephalus upoluensis (Karny, 1907)
Conocephalus vaginatus Willemse, 1942

Conocephalus (Conocephalus)

- subgenus: Thunberg, 1815 (Worldwide)

Conocephalus bambusanus Ingrisch, 1990 (synonym C. abispinatus Hsia & Liu, 1990)
Conocephalus basutoanus Chopard, 1955
Conocephalus bispinatus Pitkin, 1980
Conocephalus brevivalvus (Shi, Wang & Fu, 2005)
Conocephalus brincki Chopard, 1955
Conocephalus conocephalus (Linnaeus, 1767)
type species (as Gryllus conocephalus L.)
Conocephalus differentus Shi & Liang, 1997
Conocephalus emeiensis Shi & Zheng, 1999
Conocephalus lugubris (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus obtectus Karny, 1907
Conocephalus saltans (Scudder, 1872)
Conocephalus somali (Burr, 1900)
Conocephalus sulcifrontis Xia & Liu, 1992
Conocephalus tridens Hebard, 1933
Conocephalus xiai Liu & Zhang, 2007

Conocephalus (Dicellurina)

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1938 (eastern USA)

Conocephalus allardi (Caudell, 1910)

Conocephalus (Megalotheca)

- subgenus: Karny, 1907 (southern Africa, Madagascar)

Conocephalus longiceps (Péringuey, 1916)
Conocephalus marcelloi Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004
Conocephalus montana (Uvarov, 1928)
Conocephalus namibius Gorochov, 2009
Conocephalus nigrifrons (Chopard, 1952)
Conocephalus parvula (Péringuey, 1916)
Conocephalus phasma Gorochov & Llorente del Moral, 2004
Conocephalus vaginalis (Karny, 1907)
Conocephalus xiphidioides (Karny, 1907)
Conocephalus zlobini Gorochov, 2009

Conocephalus (Opeastylus)

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (southern America)

Conocephalus longipes (Redtenbacher, 1891)
Conocephalus vitticollis (Blanchard, 1851)

Conocephalus (Perissacanthus)

- subgenus: Rehn & Hebard, 1915 (Paraguay)

Conocephalus strictoides (Caudell, 1906)

subgenus not assigned

Conocephalus aculeatus Piza, 1969
Conocephalus affinis Redtenbacher, 1891
Conocephalus goianus Piza, 1977
Conocephalus algerinorum Massa, 1999
Conocephalus cinereus Thunberg, 1815
Conocephalus differentus Shi & Liang, 1997
Conocephalus emeiensis Shi & Zheng, 1999
Conocephalus halophilus Ishikawa, 2004
Conocephalus melaenoides Sänger & Helfert, 1995
Conocephalus sojolensis Sänger & Helfert, 1995
Conocephalus spinosus (Morse, 1901)
Conocephalus stictomerus Rehn & Hebard, 1915

References

Thunberg CP (1815) Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg 5:214, 218, 271.
Orthoptera Species File: Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 11 June 2021)