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Genus

Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815

lesser meadow katydids

Type

type species of Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815

Nomenclature (38)

  • Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815: 214, 218, 271. (valid)

    type species Gryllus (Tettigonia) conocephalus Linnaeus, 1767

  • Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 in Kirby & Spence, 1826: 569, 609.
  • Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 in García García, Fontana, Marini, Equihua-Martínez, Sanchez-Escudero, Valdez-Carrasco & Cano-Santana, 2008: 85.
  • Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 in Zhou, Bi & Liu, 2010: 49.

References (38)

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  • Kirby, W.F. & Spence, W. (1826) An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects. Longman, London, Vol. 3, 732 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79018#page/11/mode/1up
  • Berthold (1827) Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, aus dem Französischen mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Weimar, VIII + 602 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44021#page/7/mode/1up
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  • Bolívar, I. (1877) Sinopsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal. III. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 6, 249–348, 3 pls. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1130
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico. Cambridge, Mass., 87 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/guidetogeneracla00scudrich
  • 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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1910) [Remarks on type species of Conocephalus and Dectinomima jenningsi sp. nov.]. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 12, 95–97. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20247#page/121/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
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  • Liu, X.-W. & Zhang, D. (2007) A study of the genus Conocephalus Thunberg and descriptions of two new species from China (Orthoptera, Conocephalidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 32, 438–444.
  • García García, P.L., Fontana, P., Marini, L., Equihua-Martínez, A., Sanchez-Escudero, J., Valdez-Carrasco, J. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2008) Habitat association of Orthoptera in El Cimatario National Park, Queretaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(1), 83–87. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282008%2917%5B83%3AHAOOIE%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to the cone-shaped head.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Subgenus1001727
Species1701667838
Subspecies150102117