Belocephalus

Belocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Tribe:	Copiphorini
Genus:	Belocephalus Scudder, 1875

Belocephalus is a genus of short-winged coneheads in the family Tettigoniidae. Coneheads are a type of bush crickets or katydids. There are about eight described species in Belocephalus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Belocephalus:

• Belocephalus davisi Rehn & Hebard, 1916 ^{i c g b} (Davis's conehead)
• Belocephalus hebardi Davis, 1912 ^{i c g}
• Belocephalus hesperus Hebard, 1926 ^{c g}
• Belocephalus micanopy Davis, 1914 ^{i c g}
• Belocephalus sabalis Davis, 1912 ^{i c g b} (palmetto conehead)
• Belocephalus sleighti Davis, 1914 ^{i c g}
• Belocephalus subapterus Scudder, 1875 ^{i c g}
• Belocephalus uncinatus Hebard, 1927 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Belocephalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. "Browse Belocephalus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
3. "Belocephalus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. "Belocephalus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-8948-8.