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Moncheca

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Moncheca^[1] is a South American genus of coneheads in the tribe Copiphorini.^[2]

Members of Moncheca are aposematically colored and one of the few katydid genera to use chemical defenses against predators.^[3]

Members of this genus are found in humid tropical forests in Mexico, Central and South America and include:^[2]^[4]

^ Walker F (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 289.
^ ^a ^b "genus Moncheca Walker, 1869: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
^ Naskrecki, Piotr (2013-10-01). "Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) of the Grensgebergte Mountains and Kasikasima Region of Southeastern Suriname". A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Upper Palumeu River Watershed (Grensgebergte and Kasikasima) of Southeastern Suriname. p. 102. doi:10.1896/054.067.0114.
^ Juárez-Noé, Gino; González-Coronado, Uzbekia (2020-06-30). "Listado preliminar de Mantodea, Blattodea y Orthoptera (Insecta) de la región de Piura, Perú". Graellsia (in Spanish). 76 (1): 103. doi:10.3989/graellsia.2020.v76.240. ISSN 1989-953X.