Conocephalus melaenus

Conocephalus melaenus
	Adult, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Conocephalus
Subgenus:	Anisoptera
Species:	C. melaenus
Binomial name
	Conocephalus melaenus; (De Haan, 1843)
Synonyms
	Locusta melaena Haan, 1843 (basionym); Xiphidium melaenum; Xiphidium nigro-geniculatum; Anisoptera melaenum; Xiphidium (Xiphidium) nigro-geniculatum (Redtenbacher, 1891); Xiphidion melan; Xiphidium melanum; Conocephalus melanum; Conocephalus melas;

Conocephalus melaenus,^[1] sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia.^[2]

Description

This medium-sized conehead has hind femora with knees darkened: which is diagnostic.^[3] The crimson-orange nymphs are quite noticeable in the grasses and shrubs where they develop.

Gallery

nymph - Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
female
song

References

^ ^a ^b Haan W de (1843) in Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 19/20: 188,189.
^ ^a ^b Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 May 2020)
^ ^a ^b Min Zhou, Wen-Xuan Bi & Xia-Wei Liu (2010). "The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) in China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2527: 49–60.

External links

Media related to Conocephalus melaenus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Conocephalus melaenus at Wikispecies

[Auth-1] Haan W de (1843) in Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 19/20: 188,189.

[OSF-2] Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 2 May 2020)

[Zhou-3] Min Zhou, Wen-Xuan Bi & Xia-Wei Liu (2010). "The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) in China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2527: 49–60.

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