The Copiphorini are a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of bush crickets or katydids in the family
Tettigoniidae
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America), or bush crickets. They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers". More than 8,000 species are known. Part of the suborder Ensifera, t ...
. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed in the subfamily
Conocephalinae
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.
Genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:
Tribe Agraeciini
Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and ...
. 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.
Description
Species in the Copiphorini vary in length from about . In most species, the female is considerably larger than the male, and in some, the largest male is smaller than the smallest female.
[ Like other members of the cricket suborder ]Ensifera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grasshop ...
, they differ from grasshoppers (suborder Caelifera
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). ...
) 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
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ...
is straight and slender and bears no teeth.
Genera
Genera include:Anacaona
Anacaona (1474?–1504), or Golden Flower, was a Taíno cacica, or female ''cacique'' (chief), religious expert, poet and composer born in Xaragua. Before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492, Ayiti or Quisqueya to the Taínos (the Spaniar ...
'' Yong, 2019
# '' Apoecides'' Bolívar, 1914
# '' Artiotonus'' Montealegre-Z., Morris, Sarria-S. & Mason, 2011
# '' Banza'' Walker, 1870
# '' Belocephalus'' Scudder, 1875
# '' Borinquenula'' Walker & Gurney, 1972
# '' Brachycaulopsis'' Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2013
# '' Bucrates'' Burmeister, 1838
# '' Caetitus'' Antunes, Chamorro-Rengifo & Takiya, 2018
# '' 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
''Lanista'' is a genus of African bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the subfamily Conocephalinae.
Species
* ''Lanista affinis'' Bolívar, 1906
* ''Lanista annulicornis'' (Walker, 1869)
* ''Lanista crassicollis'' Bolívar, 1906
* ''L ...
'' Bolívar, 1890
# '' Lanistoides'' Sjöstedt, 1913
# '' Liostethus'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Lirometopum'' Scudder, 1875
# '' Loboscelis'' Redtenbacher, 1891
# '' Mayacephalus'' Cadena-Castañeda, Monzón-Sierra & Cortés-Torres, 2016
# '' 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
# '' Parvarhynchus'' Farooqi & Usmani, 2020
# '' 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
# '' Rombophora'' Yong, 2019
# ''Ruspolia
''Ruspolia''Schulthess (1898) ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova'' 39: 207. is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Conocephalinae. This genus includes species that may be called 'cone-heads', but the name has also been used for ''Conoceph ...
'' Schulthess, 1898
# '' Santandera'' Koçak & Kemal, 2008
# '' Sphodrophoxus'' Hebard, 1924
# '' Toledopizia'' Chamorro-Rengifo & Braun, 2010
# '' Unicorniella'' Yong, 2019
# '' Vestria'' Stål, 1874
# '' Xestophrys'' Redtenbacher, 1891
References
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Conocephalinae
Orthoptera tribes