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Species

Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973

false robust conehead
Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: female (allotype). (Otu).
Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: female (allotype). (Otu).
Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: Representative cone shape, ventral view. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: Shape of pronotum. (Otu).
Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: waveform of 5 s of calling at 24.3°C (from WTL189-8), peak frequency 9 kHz. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1537311; ba2e7ca6-6710-4286-9b0f-3cc279adc0b8: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537311; ba2e7ca6-6710-4286-9b0f-3cc279adc0b8: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537311; ba2e7ca6-6710-4286-9b0f-3cc279adc0b8: male head, pronotum and stridulatory area, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1537311; ba2e7ca6-6710-4286-9b0f-3cc279adc0b8: male head, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973: 326.

    Holotype; male; ba2e7ca6-6710-4286-9b0f-3cc279adc0b8; deposited at: Florida State Museum (FSMC); United States: Maryland: 1.2 miles N of U.S. 40, Maryland Rt 7

  • Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973 in Walker, 1975: 600.
  • Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973 in Ney & Schul, 2017
  • Neoconocephalus bivocatus Walker, Whitesell & Alexander, 1973 in Ney & Schul, 2019

References (6)

  • Walker, T.J., Whitesell, J.J. & Alexander, R.D. (1973) The robust conehead: two widespread sibling species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Neoconocephalus “robustus”). The Ohio Journal of Science, 73, 321–330. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s160lw74.pdf
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Höbel, G. & Schul, J. (2007) Listening for males and bats: spectral processing in the hearing organ of Neoconocephalus bivocatus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 193(9), 917–925. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/6q6757g362w77862/
  • Ney, G. & Schul, J. (2017) Low genetic differentiation between populations of an endemic prairie katydid despite habitat loss and fragmentation. Conservation Genetics, 18(6), 1389–1401. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-017-0987-x
  • Ney, G. & Schul, J. (2019) Epigenetic and genetic variation between two behaviorally isolated species of Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 28(1), 11–19. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/28888/

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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Species1001