Conocephalus fuscus

Conocephalus fuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Conocephalus
Subgenus: Anisoptera
Species:
C. fuscus
Binomial name
Conocephalus fuscus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conocephalus dilatatus Ramme, 1951
  • Conocephalus discolor (Thunberg, 1815)
  • Conocephalus fuscus fuscus (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Conocephalus fuscus turanicus Semenov, 1916
  • Xiphidium concolor Bolívar, I., 1876-1878
  • Xiphidion discolor discolor (Thunberg, 1815)
  • Xiphidion fuscum (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Xyphidium ponticus Nedelkov, 1907
  • Xiphidium thoracicum Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
  • Locusta fusca Fabricius, 1793

Conocephalus fuscus, the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia.[2][3] This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles[4] where it may confused with the short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis). These two species are phenotypically similar; however, the distinguishing factor between the two is the fully developed set of wings the long-winged conehead possesses that allows for flight. In the short-winged coneheads the hind wings are shorter than the abdomen, causing the wings to be vestigial and the species is incapable of flight.[5] For this reason it is hard to discriminate between the two species during the early stages of their life cycle before the wings have fully developed. The colouration of the conehead is typically a grass green with a distinctive brown stripe down its back, though there are some brown phenotypes.[6]

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  4. ^ "Conocephalus discolor (Thunberg 1815)". Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ Watson, L.; M. J. Dallwitz. "British insects: the genera of Orthoptera". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "BRC: Long-winged conehead, Conocephalus discolor". Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.