Neoconocephalus retusus

Neoconocephalus retusus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Neoconocephalus
Species:	N. retusus
Binomial name
Neoconocephalus retusus (Scudder, 1878)

Neoconocephalus retusus, the round-tipped conehead, is a species of katydid or bush cricket in the family Tettigoniidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It is found in the eastern United States and southern Canada. ^{[1] [5]}

male specimen, Maryland, United States

Adult round-tipped coneheads range from 37 to 52 mm in length, and are commonly found in wet grassy and weedy areas during August, September, and October. ^[4]

References

1. "Neoconocephalus retusus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-04-01.
2. "Neoconocephalus retusus species details". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2018-04-01.
3. "Neoconocephalus retusus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
4. "Neoconocephalus retusus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-04-01.

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.
• Kilmer, Mary K.; Barrus, Bryan B.; Schul, Johannes (2010). "Ultrasound Avoidance Behaviors in Two Species of Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)" . Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (1). Orthopterists' Society. doi: 10.1665/034.019.0114 .

External links

• Media related to Neoconocephalus retusus at Wikimedia Commons