Conocephalinae

Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.

Conocephalinae
Female long winged conehead (Conocephalus fuscus), Cople, Bedfordshire.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Superfamily:	Tettigonioidea
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838[1]
Tribes and genera
See text
Synonyms
Conocephalidae Burmeister, 1838 Conocephalidi Burmeister, 1838

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:[2]

Tribe Agraeciini

female nymph of Lesina karnyi

Macroxiphus sp. (ant mimic)

Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891

• subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Agraecia Serville, 1831
• subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892
  • Lesina Walker, 1869
• subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998
  • Labugama Henry, 1932
  • Liara Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Macroxiphus Pictet, 1888
• subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998
  • Oxylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
• subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897
  • Salomona Blanchard, 1853
• subtribe undetermined
  • Coptaspis Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Armadillagraeciini

Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012[3]

• Armadillagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
• Kapalgagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
• Lichenagraecia Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012

Tribe Cestrophorini

South America; Auth: Gorochov, 2015[4]

• Acanthacara Scudder, 1869
• Cestrophorus Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Coniungopterini

Mostly South America and Australia; Auth: Rentz & Gurney, 1985[5]

• Coniungoptera Rentz & Gurney, 1985
• Metholce Walker, 1871
• Veria Walker, 1869

Tribe Conocephalini

Auth: Burmeister, 1838

Orhelimum pulchellum

subtribe Karniellina Hemp & Heller, 2010 (Africa)

• Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012
• Chortoscirtes Hemp, 2010
• Fulvoscirtes Hemp, 2012
• Karniella Rehn, 1914
• Melanoscirtes Hemp, 2010
• Naskreckiella Ünal, 2005
• Phlesirtes Bolívar, 1922

subtribe not placed (global distribution)

• Conanalus Tinkham, 1943
• Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815[6]
  • subgenus Amurocephalus Storozhenko, 2004: A. chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)
  • subgenus Anisoptera Latreille, 1829
  • subgenus Aphauropus: A. leptopterus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
  • subgenus Chloroxiphidion Hebard, 1922
  • subgenus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815
  • subgenus Dicellurina Rehn & Hebard, 1938
  • subgenus Megalotheca Karny, 1907
  • subgenus Opeastylus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
  • subgenus Perissacanthus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
• Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952
• Enoplocephalacris Chopard, 1952
• Euxiphidion Bruner, 1915
• Fatuhivella Hebard, 1935
• Lipotactomimus Naskrecki, 2000
• Luzoniella Karny, 1926
• Nukuhivella Hebard, 1935
• Odontoxiphidium Morse, 1901
• Orchelimum Serville, 1838
• Paulianacris Chopard, 1952
• Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard, 1915
• Tympanotriba Piza, 1971 - monotypic: T. vittata Piza, 1971
• Xiphelimum Caudell, 1906 - monotypic: X. amplipennis Caudell, 1906

Tribe Copiphorini

Worldwide; Auth: Karny 1912

Copiphora rhinoceros female

• Acantheremus Karny, 1907
• Apoecides Bolívar, 1914
• Banza Walker, 1870
• Belocephalus Scudder, 1875
• Borinquenula Walker & Gurney, 1972
• Bucrates Burmeister, 1838
• Caulopsis Redtenbacher, 1891
• Clasma Karsch, 1893
• Conocephaloides Perkins, 1899
• Copiphora Serville, 1831
• Coryphodes Redtenbacher, 1891
• Daedalellus Uvarov, 1940
• Dorycoryphus Redtenbacher, 1891
• Erioloides Hebard, 1927
• Eriolus Bolívar, 1888
• Eucaulopsis Hebard, 1931
• Euconocephalus Karny, 1907
• Eurymetopa Redtenbacher, 1891
• Gryporhynchium Uvarov, 1940
• Lamniceps Bolívar, 1903
• Lanista Bolívar, 1890
• Liliella Piza, 1980
• Liostethus Redtenbacher, 1891
• Lirometopum Scudder, 1875
• Loboscelis Redtenbacher, 1891
• Melanophoxus Karny, 1907
• Metacaputus Naskrecki, 2000
• Moncheca Walker, 1869
• Montesa Walker, 1869
• Mygalopsis Redtenbacher, 1891
• Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907
• Oxyprora Stål, 1873
• Panacanthus Walker, 1869
• Parabucrates Scudder, 1897
• Paroxyprora Karny, 1907
• Pedinostethus Redtenbacher, 1891
• Phaneracra Uvarov, 1936
• Phoxacris Karny, 1907
• Plastocorypha Karsch, 1896
• Pluviasilva Naskrecki, 2000
• Poascirtus Saussure, 1899
• Podacanthophorus Naskrecki, 2000
• Pseudorhynchus Serville, 1838
• Pyrgocorypha Stål, 1873
• Ruspolia Schulthess Schindler, 1898
• Santandera Koçak & Kemal, 2008
• Sphodrophoxus Hebard, 1924
• Vestria Stål, 1874
• Xestophrys Redtenbacher, 1891

Tribe Euconchophorini

Madagascar; Auth: Gorochov, 1988

• Amblylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
• Colossopus Saussure, 1899
• Euconchophora Brongniart, 1897
• Malagasopus Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017
• Odontolakis Redtenbacher, 1891
• Oncodopus Brongniart, 1897

Tribe undetermined

• Ebneria Karny, 1920
• Graminofolium Nickle, 2007
• Nemoricultrix Mello-Leitão, 1940
• Paraxiphidium Redtenbacher, 1891
• Phlesirtes Bolívar, 1922

References

1. Handbuch der entomologie. H Burmeister - 1838
2. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 28 March 2010; partially checked 3 January 2018)
3. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)
4. ibid.
5. ibid.
6. Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)

• Gorochov, A.V., 2011: Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from east Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 2. Far Eastern Entomologist 227: 1-12.
• Ingrisch, S. 2015. A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 3. Zootaxa 4046 (1): 1–308. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4046.1.1

External links

• Media related to Conocephalinae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Conocephalinae at Wikispecies