Copiphorini

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Copiphorini
File:Copiphora rhinoceros - female.jpg
File:Beautiful katydid from Chiapas (Moncheca pretiosa) (7769193552).jpg
Copiphora rhinoceros above, Moncheca pretiosa below (both females)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Conocephalinae
Tribe: Copiphorini
Karny 1912

The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed in the subfamily Conocephalinae.[1] Like some other members of Conocephalinae, they are known as coneheads, grasshopper-like insects with an extended, cone-shaped projection on their heads that juts forward in front of the base of the antennae.[2]

Description

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Species in the tribe Copiphorini vary in length from about 24 to 74 mm (1 to 3 in). In most species, the female is considerably larger than the male, and in some, the largest male is smaller than the smallest female.[2] Like other members of the cricket suborder Ensifera, they differ from grasshoppers (suborder Caelifera) in having filamentous antennae that are longer than their bodies. Most species have loud songs which enable them to be identified. The call is made in most instances by the two fore wings rubbing together. Some species can hear with the aid of hearing organs in the tibia segments of their legs. The ovipositor is straight and slender and bears no teeth.[3]

Genera

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Panacanthus cuspidatus is a relatively large and spiny species from the western Amazon

Genera include:[4]

References

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  1. ^ Orthoptera species file (retrieved 3 January 2018)
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