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Coneheads
Copiphorini
The Copiphorini are a tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. Previously considered a subfamily (the Copiphorinae), they are now placed in the subfamily Conocephalinae. Together with the genus Conocephalus they may be known as coneheads, grasshopper-like insects with an extended, cone-shaped projection on their heads that juts forward in front of the base of the antennae.
57 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Common Coneheads
genusNeoconocephalus

Coneheads
genusRuspolia

Euconocephalus
genusEuconocephalus

Spearbearers
genusCopiphora

Pyrgocorypha
genusPyrgocorypha

Pseudorhynchus
genusPseudorhynchus

Moncheca
genusMoncheca

Panacanthus
genusPanacanthus

Bucrates
genusBucrates

Vestria
genusVestria

Erioloides
genusErioloides

Belocephalus
genusBelocephalus

Xestophrys
genusXestophrys

Lirometopum
genusLirometopum

Melanophoxus
genusMelanophoxus

Caulopsis
genusCaulopsis

oxyprora katydids
genusOxyprora

Daedalellus
genusDaedalellus

Parvarhynchus
genusParvarhynchus

Banza
genusBanza

Acantheremus
genusAcantheremus

Borinquenula
genusBorinquenula

Liostethus
genusLiostethus

Eriolus
genusEriolus

Mygalopsis
genusMygalopsis

Podacanthophorus
genusPodacanthophorus

Eurymetopa
genusEurymetopa

Phoxacris
genusPhoxacris

Mayacephalus
genusMayacephalus

Parabucrates
genusParabucrates

Plastocorypha
genusPlastocorypha

Loboscelis
genusLoboscelis

Toledopizia
genusToledopizia

Artiotonus
genusArtiotonus

Lanista
genusLanista

Lamniceps
genusLamniceps

Apoecides
genusApoecides

Caetitus
genusCaetitus

Brachycaulopsis
genusBrachycaulopsis

Eucaulopsis
genusEucaulopsis

Dorycoryphus
genusDorycoryphus

Pluviasilva
genusPluviasilva

Lanistoides
genusLanistoides

Anacaona
genusAnacaona

Pedinostethus
genusPedinostethus

Santandera
genusSantandera

Metacaputus
genusMetacaputus

Clasma
genusClasma

Gryporhynchium
genusGryporhynchium
Coryphodes
genusCoryphodes
Montesa
genusMontesa
Paroxyprora
genusParoxyprora
Phaneracra
genusPhaneracra
Poascirtus
genusPoascirtus
Unicorniella
genusUnicorniella
Ibityraboia
genusIbityraboia
Sphodrophoxus
genusSphodrophoxus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Copiphorini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 516239.