Conocephalus sp. cf. spinosus

Piotr Naskrecki, 2000, Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato)., Philadelphia, PA: The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, : 23

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.270035

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6280306

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Conocephalus sp. cf. spinosus
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Conocephalus sp. cf. spinosus

Fig. 39 View FIG. 39 H

Rehn and Hebard (1915b) reported from Costa Rica (Puntarenas) a single male of C. spinosus (Morse) , a species otherwise known from salt marshes of California and northern Mexico.After examining the specimen and comparing it to the type specimens of C. spinosus , I came to the conclusion that the two are not conspecific. Despite general similarity, they differ considerably both in the shape of cerci ( Figs. 39 View FIG. 39 G-H) and the arrangement of teeth on the stridulatory file. It is possible that the Costa Rican specimen represents a yet undescribed species of Conocephalus , but until more material is collected, its status remains uncertain.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dryophthoridae

SubFamily

Conocephalinae

Genus

Conocephalus

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