Conocephalinae

Conocephalinae
Female long winged conehead ( Conocephalus fuscus ), Cople, Bedfordshire.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Tettigonioidea
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Conocephalinae Kirby & Spence, 1826
Tribes and genera
See text
Synonyms
Conocephalidae Kirby & Spence, 1826 Conocephalidi Burmeister, 1838 [1]

Conocephalinae, ^[2] meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera: ^[3]

Tribe Agraeciini

female nymph of Lesina karnyi

Macroxiphus sp. (ant mimic)

Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891

• subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Agraecia Serville, 1831
• subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892
  • Lesina Walker, 1869
• subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998
  • Labugama Henry, 1932
  • Liara Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Macroxiphus Pictet, 1888
• subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998
  • Oxylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
• subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897
  • Salomona Blanchard, 1853
• subtribe undetermined (many genera)
  • Coptaspis Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Armadillagraeciini

Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012 ^[3]

1. Armadillagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
2. Kapalgagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
3. Lichenagraecia Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012

Tribe Cestrophorini

South America; Auth: Gorochov, 2015 ^[3]

1. Acanthacara Scudder, 1869
2. Cestrophorus Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Coniungopterini

Mostly South America and Australia; Auth: Rentz & Gurney, 1985 ^[3]

1. Coniungoptera Rentz & Gurney, 1985
2. Metholce Walker, 1871
3. Veria Walker, 1869

Tribe Conocephalini

Auth: Burmeister, 1838

Orchelimum pulchellum

Meadow katydid in Hawaii

subtribe Karniellina Hemp & Heller, 2010 (Africa)

• Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012
• Chortoscirtes Hemp, 2010
• Fulvoscirtes Hemp, 2012
• Karniella Rehn, 1914
• Melanoscirtes Hemp, 2010
• Naskreckiella Ünal, 2005
• Phlesirtes Bolívar, 1922

subtribe not placed (global distribution)

• Conanalus Tinkham, 1943
• Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 ^[4]
  • subgenus Amurocephalus Storozhenko, 2004: A. chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)
  • subgenus Anisoptera Latreille, 1829
  • subgenus Aphauropus: A. leptopterus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
  • subgenus Chloroxiphidion Hebard, 1922
  • subgenus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815
  • subgenus Dicellurina Rehn & Hebard, 1938
  • subgenus Megalotheca Karny, 1907
  • subgenus Opeastylus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
  • subgenus Perissacanthus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
• Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952
• Enoplocephalacris Chopard, 1952
• Euxiphidion Bruner, 1915
• Fatuhivella Hebard, 1935
• Lipotactomimus Naskrecki, 2000
• Luzoniella Karny, 1926
• Nukuhivella Hebard, 1935
• Odontoxiphidium Morse, 1901
• Orchelimum Serville, 1838
• Paulianacris Chopard, 1952
• Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard, 1915
• Tympanotriba Piza, 1971 - monotypic: T. vittata Piza, 1971
• Xiphelimum Caudell, 1906 - monotypic: X. amplipennis Caudell, 1906

Tribe Copiphorini

Worldwide; Auth: Karny 1912; selected genera:

Copiphora rhinoceros female

• Banza Walker, 1870
• Belocephalus Scudder, 1875
• Copiphora Serville, 1831
• Euconocephalus Karny, 1907
• Lanista Bolívar, 1890
• Moncheca Walker, 1869
• Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907
• Panacanthus Walker, 1869
• Pseudorhynchus Serville, 1838
• Pyrgocorypha Stål, 1873
• Ruspolia Schulthess Schindler, 1898
• Xestophrys Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Euconchophorini

Madagascar; Auth: Gorochov, 1988 ^[3]

1. Amblylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
2. Colossopus Saussure, 1899
3. Euconchophora Brongniart, 1897
4. Malagasopus Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017
5. Odontolakis Redtenbacher, 1891
6. Oncodopus Brongniart, 1897

Tribe undetermined

1. Ebneria Karny, 1920 - China ^[3]
2. Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
3. Graminofolium Nickle, 2007 - Neotropical
4. Nemoricultrix Mello-Leitão, 1940 - Neotropical
5. Paulianacris Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar

References

1. Burmeister H (1838) Handbuch der entomologie.
2. Kirby W, Spence (1826) An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects 3: 35.
3. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 March 2010; partially checked 11 March 2021)
4. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)

• Gorochov, A.V., 2011: Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from east Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 2. Far Eastern Entomologist 227: 1-12.
• Ingrisch, S. 2015. A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 3. Zootaxa 4046 (1): 1–308. doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.4046.1.1

External links

• Media related to Conocephalinae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Conocephalinae at Wikispecies