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  subfamily Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838
tribe Copiphorini Karny, 1912
genus Bucrates Burmeister, 1838

species Bucrates malivolans (Scudder, 1878)

• Common name(s):  cattail conehead
• Images: (6) See all images
  • male (holotype); specimen
  • male pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (holotype); specimen
  • female (holotype of Conocephalus hoplomachus Rehn and Hebard) (previously Synonym Conocephalus hoplomachus)
• Sound recordings:
  • Chatham Co., GA, cage in lab, temp. 24.5 degrees C, 20 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1878. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 20:90 >> Conocephalus malivolans  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:244 >> Conocephaloides  
  • Karny. 1912. In Wytsman [Ed.]. Genera Insectorum 139:17 >> Eriolus
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 66:405
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:263 >> Homorocoryphus
  • Caudell. 1918. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. (N. S.) 13:21 >> Homorocoryphus
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 532 >> Homorocoryphus malivolans  
  • Hebard. 1939. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 65:171  
  • Walker, T.J. 1975. Unpublished list >> Bucrates
  • Bailey, W.J. 1975. Bull. IFAN (A) 37(1):174
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 175, Plate 38 >> Bucrates malivolans
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Florida, Cedar Keys
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

• synonym hoplomachus (Rehn & Hebard, 1905)