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  subfamily Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838
tribe Copiphorini Karny, 1912
genus Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907

species Neoconocephalus palustris (Blatchley, 1893)

• Common name(s):  Marsh Conehead
• Images: (7) See all images
  • male (Storrs, CT, USA) (not a type)
  • pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (Storrs, CT, USA) (not a type)
  • Shape of cone, lateral view.
• Sound recordings:
  • Obion Co., TN, cage in room, temp. 26 degrees C, 19 sec.
  • 19 s of calling song [1.63MB]; male from Obion Co., Tenn.; 26.0°C. (WTL186-10)
  • 5 s of calling at 26.0°C (from WTL186-10). Peak frequency 10 kHz.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Blatchley. 1893. Canadian Ent. 25(4):89 >> Conocephalus palustris
  • Blatchley. 1903. Ann. Rep. Dept. Geol. and Nat. Resources of Indiana 27:364, 370  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:246 >> Conocephaloides  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1911[1910]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 62:636-648 >> Note: In North Carolina
  • Karny. 1912. In Wytsman [Ed.]. Genera Insectorum 139:32
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1915[1914]. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 40:399 >> Neoconocephalus palustris  
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:209 >> Note: In Illinois >> Neoconocephalus palustris  
  • Hebard. 1938. Entomol. News 49:34 >> Note: In Pennsylvania
  • Walker, T.J. & Whitesell. 1978. Florida Ent. 61(1):1 >> Note: Comparison
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 170, 174 >> Neoconocephalus palustris
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Indiana, Vigo County
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Location of type:  Blatchley