species

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841)

Swordbearer

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841): waveform of 5 s of calling at 16.3°C (from WTL194-10b), peak frequency 12 kHz. (Otu).

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841): Fig. 173 (after Lugger). male habitus (tegmina 37-42 mm). (Otu).

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841): Fig. 174 (after Lugger). female habitus (tegmina 44-48 mm, ovipositor 27.5-33 mm). (Otu).

Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841): Pl. IV, Fig. 126. fastigium, ventral view. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1522253; d8dc8141-f1a8-4954-adc8-5ba1fbedbfd0: female, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus attenuatus). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; 21d20a26-2943-4017-bd22-81a28fd61315; United States: Massachusetts

Nomenclature (37)

Conocephalus ensiger Harris, 1841: 132.
Syntype; 21d20a26-2943-4017-bd22-81a28fd61315; United States: Massachusetts
Conocephalus ensiger Harris, 1841 in Scudder, 1869: 22.
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Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841) in Kong, Peck, Bush & Schul, 2015
Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris, 1841) in Murphy, Thompson & Schul, 2016

Nomenclature references (35)

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Bland, R.G. (2003) In The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. 220 pp.
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Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.

Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Braun, H., Montealegre-Z., F., Romero, R.I., Serna Marquez, F.H. & González, R. (2011) Checklist and new distribution records of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 3023, 1–42. Available at http://www.researchgate.net/publication/240124470_Checklist_and_new_distribution_records_of_katydids_Orthoptera_Tettigoniidae_from_Colombia

Faure, P.A. & Hoy, R.R. (2000) The sounds of silence: Cessation of singing and song-pausing are ultrasound-induced acoustic startle behaviors in the katydid Neoconocephalus ensiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 186, 129–142. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/klg8nbpbac46f9r7

Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173

Gwynne, D.T. (1977) Mating behaviour of Neoconocephalus ensiger (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with notes on the calling song. The Canadian Entomologist, 109, 237–242. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s160lg77.pdf

Harris, T.W. (1841) In Insects of Massachusetts Injurious to Vegetation. Folsom, Wells & Thurton, Cambridge, MA. 459 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/reportoninsectso01harr

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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

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Kilmer, M.K., Barrus, B.B. & Schul, J. (2010) Ultrasound avoidance behaviors in two species of Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(1), 81–88. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0114

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

Kong, X.-L., Peck, A.S., Bush, S.L. & Schul, J. (2015) The diversity of call recognition: selective phonotaxis in Neoconocephalus ensiger. Journal of Insect Behavior, 28(6), 651–663. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10905-015-9533-1

Libersat, F. & Hoy, R.R. (1991) Ultrasonic startle behavior in bushcrickets (Orthoptera; Tettigoniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 169(4), 507–514.

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Murphy, M.A., Thompson, N.L. & Schul, J. (2016) Keeping up with the neighbor: a novel mechanism of call synchrony in Neoconocephalus ensiger katydids. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 202(3), 225–234. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-016-1068-1

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