Smaller Meadow Katydids

smaller meadow katydids (Conocephalus), male cerci (dorsal view) of the 18 species known from North America north of Mexico (the cercus of Odontoxiphidium apterum is also included because this species could easily be mistaken for a Conocephalus). A 19th species, the Eurasian Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus dorsalis) is known in North America from just a single locality in British Columbia.

smaller meadow katydids (Conocephalus), dorsal (above, shaded) and lateral outlines of the left male cercus for 16 of the 18 Conocephalus species known from North America north of Mexico (not included here are Caribbean Meadow Katydid [C. cinereus], which is now known to occur in southern Florida, and a 19th species, Eurasian Meadow Katydid [C. dorsalis], which was reported in 2013 from a single locality in British Columbia). From Plates XVIII (Figs. 1-30) and XIX (Figs. 1-8) in Rehn, J.A.G. and M. Hebard. 1915. Studies in American Tettigoniidae. V. A synopsis of the species of the genus Conocephalus (Xiphidium of authors) found in North America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 41:155-224.

smaller meadow katydids (Conocephalus), lateral view of ovipositors of 16 of the 18 Conocephalus species known from North America north of Mexico (not included here are Caribbean Meadow Katydid [C. cinereus], which is now known to occur in southern Florida, and Eurasian Meadow Katydid [C. dorsalis], which was reported in 2013 from a single locality in British Columbia) From Plates XX (Figs. 1-19) in Rehn, J.A.G. and M. Hebard. 1915. Studies in American Tettigoniidae. V. A synopsis of the species of the genus Conocephalus (Xiphidium of authors) found in North America north of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 41:155-224.