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Species

Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891)

Nebraska Conehead
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): female, lateral view (paralectotype). (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): female, lateral view (paralectotype). (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): 10-Sept-2005. female face. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): Shape and coloration of cone, ventral view. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): Shape of pronotum. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): Pl. IV, Fig. 116. fastigium (cone), lateral view. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): Pl. IV, Fig. 129. fastigium, ventral view. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891): waveform of 5 s of calling at 25.0°C (from WTL196-5), peak frequency 9 kHz. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1525112; e6775e23-6835-4579-91d3-81ec91fd49b3: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1525112; e6775e23-6835-4579-91d3-81ec91fd49b3: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Conocephalus nebrascensis Bruner, 1891: 72.
  • Conocephalus nebrascensis Bruner, 1891 in Blatchley, 1894: 115.
  • Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 170, 172.
  • Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Bruner, 1891) in Deily & Schul, 2009

References (17)

  • Bruner, L. (1891) Ten new species of Orthoptera from Nebraska. Notes on habits, wings variation, etc. The Canadian Entomologist, 23(2-4), 36–40, 56–59, 70–73. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88696
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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. (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
  • 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. & Whitesell, J.J. (1978) New species of conehead from Florida Everglades (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Neoconocephalus). Entomological News, 89(1-2), 27–32. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55166#page/341/mode/1up
  • Meixner, A.J. & Shaw, K.C. (1979) Spacing and movement of singing Neoconocephalus nebrascensis males (Tettigoniidae: Copiphorinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 72, 602–606.
  • Meixner, A.J. & Shaw, K.C. (1986) Acoustic and associated behavior of the coneheaded katydid Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 79, 554–565.
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Deily, J.A. & Schul, J. (2009) Selective phonotaxis in Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): call recognition at two temporal scales. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 195(1), 31–37. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/05215478167t316v/

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1034