Copiphora

Copiphora is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae (coneheads) from southern Mexico, Central America and South America, with a single doubtful species, C. subulata, from Africa.[1][2]

Copiphora
Male Copiphora rhinoceros in Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Tribe: Copiphorini
Genus: Copiphora
Serville, 1831

Copiphora are typically fairly large nocturnal katydids with a conspicuous horn-like structure on the top of their head (indistinct in a few species). Copiphora are omnivorous, but with strong predatory tendencies with large individuals even able to catch small frogs and lizards.[3][4] They can be quite noisy during the night and certain species produce some of the dominant sounds in their habitat.[4][5]

Taxonomy

Species include:

  • Copiphora azteca Saussure & Pictet, 1898
  • Copiphora brachyptera Karny, 1907
  • Copiphora brevicauda Karny, 1907
  • Copiphora brevicornis Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Copiphora brevipennis Bruner, 1915
  • Copiphora capito Stål, 1874
  • Copiphora cephalotes Saussure & Pictet, 1898
  • Copiphora cochleata Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Copiphora colombiae Hebard, 1927
  • Copiphora cornuta De Geer, 1773
  • Copiphora coronata Redtenbacher, 1891
  • Copiphora cultricornis Pictet, 1888
  • Copiphora festae Giglio-Tos, 1898
  • Copiphora flavoscripta Walker, 1869
  • Copiphora gorgonensis Montealegre-Z. & Postles, 2010
  • Copiphora gracilis Scudder, 1869
  • Copiphora hastata Naskrecki, 2000
  • Copiphora longicauda Serville, 1831: type species (locality Cayenne, French Guiana)
  • Copiphora monoceros Saussure & Pictet, 1898
  • Copiphora mucronata Thomas, 1872
  • Copiphora ottei Naskrecki, 2000
  • Copiphora producta Bolívar, 1903
  • Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888 - rhinoceros katydid
  • Copiphora steinbachi Bruner, 1915
  • Copiphora subulata Stoll, 1813
  • Copiphora vigorosa Sarria-S., Buxton, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2016

References
  1. "species Copiphora subulata (Stoll, 1813)". OSF Online. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. Heller, K.-G.; Hemp, C.; Liu, C.; Volleth, M. (2014). "Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera)". Zootaxa. 3785 (3): 343–376. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.2.
  3. Escalante, R.N.; Pérez A., I.; Alvarado A., A.; Garro A., D.; Rigabert D., P. (2021). "Observations of Arthropods Preying on Amphibians and Reptiles in Sierpe de Osa, Costa Rica". Reptiles & Amphibians. 28 (2): 302–305.
  4. Hanson, P.E.; Nishida, K. (2016). Insects and other arthropods of Tropical America. Comstock Publishing Associates. pp. 29, 31. ISBN 978-0801456947.
  5. Montealegre-Z., F.; Postles, M. (2010). "Resonant sound production in Copiphora gorgonensis (Tettigoniidae: Copiphorini), an endemic species from Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Colombia". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (2): 347–355.
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