Conocephalinae ,[2] meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae .
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The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subtribes and genera:[3]
female nymph of Lesina karnyi
Macroxiphus sp. (ant mimic)
Mostly South America, Africa, South-East Asia and Australia; Auth: Redtenbacher, 1891
subtribe Agraeciina Redtenbacher, 1891
subtribe Eumegalodontina Brongniart, 1892
subtribe Liarina Ingrisch, 1998
subtribe Oxylakina Ingrisch, 1998
Oxylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
subtribe Salomonina Brongniart, 1897
subtribe undetermined (many genera)
Tribe Armadillagraeciini
Australia; Auth: Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012[3]
Armadillagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
Kapalgagraecia Rentz, Su, Ueshima & Robinson, 2010
Lichenagraecia Rentz, Su & Ueshima, 2012
Tribe Cestrophorini
South America; Auth: Gorochov, 2015[3]
Acanthacara Scudder, 1869
Cestrophorus Redtenbacher, 1891
Tribe Coniungopterini
Mostly South America and Australia; Auth: Rentz & Gurney, 1985[3]
Coniungoptera Rentz & Gurney, 1985
Metholce Walker, 1871
Veria Walker, 1869
Tribe Conocephalini
Auth: Burmeister, 1838
Orchelimum pulchellum
Meadow Katydids in Hawaii
subtribe Karniellina Hemp & Heller, 2010 (Africa)
Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012
Chortoscirtes Hemp, 2010
Fulvoscirtes Hemp, 2012
Karniella Rehn, 1914
Melanoscirtes Hemp, 2010
Naskreckiella Ünal, 2005
Phlesirtes Bolívar, 1922
subtribe not placed (global distribution)
Conanalus Tinkham, 1943
Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815[4]
subgenus Amurocephalus Storozhenko, 2004: A. chinensis (Redtenbacher, 1891)
subgenus Anisoptera Latreille, 1829
subgenus Aphauropus : A. leptopterus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
subgenus Chloroxiphidion Hebard, 1922
subgenus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815
subgenus Dicellurina Rehn & Hebard, 1938
subgenus Megalotheca Karny, 1907
subgenus Opeastylus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
subgenus Perissacanthus Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952
Enoplocephalacris Chopard, 1952
Euxiphidion Bruner, 1915
Fatuhivella Hebard, 1935
Lipotactomimus Naskrecki, 2000
Luzoniella Karny, 1926
Nukuhivella Hebard, 1935
Odontoxiphidium Morse, 1901
Orchelimum Serville, 1838
Paulianacris Chopard, 1952
Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard, 1915
Tympanotriba Piza, 1971 - monotypic: T. vittata Piza, 1971
Xiphelimum Caudell, 1906 - monotypic: X. amplipennis Caudell, 1906
Worldwide; Auth: Karny 1912; selected genera:
Copiphora rhinoceros female
Banza Walker, 1870
Belocephalus Scudder, 1875
Copiphora Serville, 1831
Euconocephalus Karny, 1907
Lanista Bolívar, 1890
Moncheca Walker, 1869
Neoconocephalus Karny, 1907
Panacanthus Walker, 1869
Pseudorhynchus Serville, 1838
Pyrgocorypha Stål, 1873
Ruspolia Schulthess Schindler, 1898
Xestophrys Redtenbacher, 1891
Tribe Euconchophorini
Madagascar; Auth: Gorochov, 1988[3]
Amblylakis Redtenbacher, 1891
Colossopus Saussure, 1899
Euconchophora Brongniart, 1897
Malagasopus Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017
Odontolakis Redtenbacher, 1891
Oncodopus Brongniart, 1897
Tribe undetermined
Ebneria Karny, 1920 - China[3]
Elasmometopus Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
Graminofolium Nickle, 2007 - Neotropical
Nemoricultrix Mello-Leitão, 1940 - Neotropical
Paulianacris Chopard, 1952 - Madagascar
Burmeister H (1838) Handbuch der entomologie.
Kirby W, Spence (1826) An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects 3: 35.
Gorochov, A.V., 2011: Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from east Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 2. Far Eastern Entomologist 227: 1-12.
Ingrisch, S. 2015. A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 3. Zootaxa 4046 (1): 1–308. doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.4046.1.1