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Species

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891)

Black-sided Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): male (DuPage County IL, 23 August 23 2002). (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): male (DuPage County IL, 23 August 23 2002). (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): male (Menomonee County Park in Lannon, Wisconsin, 28 July 2016). (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XVI, Fig. 15. male fastigium, outline of cephalic view. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XVII, Fig. 14. male, outline of lateral lobe of pronotum. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XVIII, Fig. 27. male cercus, dorsal outline. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XVIII, Fig. 28. male cercus, lateral outline. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XIX, Fig. 14. male stridulatory area. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891): Pl. XX, Fig. 15. ovipositor. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1522125; 6f281545-1f56-49d3-9bae-bfcd71d458da: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (27)

  • Xiphidium [sic] nigropleurum Bruner, 1891: 58.
  • Xiphidium [sic] nigropleurum Bruner, 1891 in Beutenmüller, 1894: 284.
  • Conocephalus nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891) in DiGiorgio & Himmelman, 2009: 21.
  • Conocephalus (Anisoptera) nigropleurum (Bruner, 1891) in Heller, 2019: 52.

References (27)

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  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1894) The Locustidae of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 92–153. [1892] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8529943#page/100/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana [Orthoptera of Indiana], 27, 123–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36406
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1907) Orthoptera from northern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 279–319. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79427#page/287/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae V. A synopsis of the genus Conocephalus found in North America, north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 41, 155–224. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4251_002#page/82/mode/1up
  • Hubbell, T.H. (1922) Derpatera and Orthoptera of Berrien County, Michigan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 116, 1–77. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56555
  • Fox, H. (1926) Conocephalus nigropleurus (Bruner) in Pennsylvania (Orthoptera). Entomological News, 37, 180–191. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20495#page/216/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) The Orthoptera of Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83, 119–227. [1931]
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
  • Morris, G.K. & Pipher, R.E. (1967) Tegminal amplifiers and spectrum consistencies in Conocephalus nigropleurum (Bruner), Tettigoniidae. Journal of Insect Physiology, 13, 1075–1085.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kerr, G.E. (1975) Additional records of Ensifera (Gryllotpera) in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 105, 96–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43455464#page/106/mode/1up
  • Morris, G.K., Kerr, G.E. & Fullard, J.H. (1978) Phonotactic preferences of female meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalus nigropleurum). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 56(7), 1479–1487.
  • Gwynne, D.T. (1982) Mate selection by female katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Conocephalus nigropleurum). Animal Behaviour, 30, 734–738.
  • Gwynne, D.T. & Morris, G.K. (1986) Heterospecific recognition and behavioral isolation in acoustic Orthoptera (Insecta). Evol. Theor., 8, 33–38. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s220lgm86.pdf
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Fullard, J.H., Morris, G.K. & Mason, A.C. (1988) Auditory processing in the black-sided meadow katydid Conocephalus nigropleurum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 164(4), 501–512.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • DiGiorgio, M. & Himmelman, J. (2009) Guide to Night-Singing Insects of the Northeast. Stackpole Books, 160 pp.
  • Heller, K.-G. (2019) Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa. Zootaxa, 4563(1), 41–66. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.2

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Alluding to the black sides of the abdomen.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101112