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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907

Type

type species by original designation of Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907

Nomenclature (22)

  • Conocephalus (Neoconocephalus) Karny, 1907: 4, 22.

    type species by original designation Conocephalus subulatus Bolívar, 1881

  • Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907 in Karny, 1912: 29.
  • Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907 in Rogers & Beckers, 2021
  • Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907 in Antunes, Souza-Dias & Takiya, 2025: 365.

References (22)

  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae III, Neoconocephalus. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 40, 365–413, Pl. XV-XVI. [1914] Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/5077659.html
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. Fourth paper. Orthopterous family Tettigoniidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 52(4), 275–354. [1926] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4262_004#page/3/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Bailey, W.J. (1975) A review of the African species of the genus Ruspolia Schulthess (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 37(1), 171–226.
  • Walker, T.J. (1975) Stridulatory movements in eight species of Neoconocephlus (Tettigoniidae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 21, 595–603. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s160lw75.pdf
  • Walker, T.J. & Greenfield, M.D. (1983) Songs and systematics of Caribbean Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 109(4), 357–389. Available at http://entnem.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/ta109p389.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
  • Greenfield, M.D. (1990) Evolution of acoustic communication in the genus Neoconocephalus: Discontinuous songs, synchrony, and interspecific interactions. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 171–197.
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) Katydids of Panama (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 142–184, 649, 658.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2000) Katydids of Costa Rica. Vol. 1. Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids. The Orthopterists' Society at The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1–164 pp.
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Schul, J. & Patterson, A.C. (2003) What determines the tuning of hearing organs and frequency of calls? A comparative study in the katydid genus Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 141–152. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s160lsp03.pdf
  • Snyder, R.L., Frederick-Hudson, K.H. & Schul, J. (2009) Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) and the evolution of temperate life histories. PLoS One, 4(9), 1–9. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007203
  • Bush, S.L. & Schul, J. (2010) Evolution of novel signal traits in the absence of female preferences in Neoconocephalus katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). PLoS One, 5(8). Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0012457
  • Murphy, M.A. & Schul, J. (2017) Does leadership indicate male quality in Neoconocephalus katydids? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71(22). Available at http://https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-016-2253-5
  • Strauß, J., Alt, J.A., Ekschmitt, K., Schul, J. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2017) Evolutionary diversification of the auditory organ sensilla in Neoconocephalus katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) correlates with acoustic signal diversification over phylogenetic relatedness and life history. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30(6), 1094–1109.
  • Rogers, K.J. & Beckers, O.M. (2021) Parasitism of Neoconocephalus katydids by the parasitoid fly, Ormia lineifrons. Ethology, 128(2), 111–118.
  • Antunes, A.F., Souza-Dias, P.G.B. & Takiya, D.M. (2025) Comments on Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae) species described by Salvador de Toledo Piza Jr.: The first contribution to the knowledge of South American species. Zootaxa, 5584(3), 363–393. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.3.4

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815, 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
Species1230343466