Conocephalus dorsalis

Conocephalus dorsalis
	Conocephalus dorsalis Germany
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Genus:	Conocephalus
Subgenus:	Anisoptera
Species:	C. dorsalis
Binomial name
	Conocephalus dorsalis; (Latreille, 1804)
Synonyms
	Xiphidium brevicaudatum (Uvarov, 1910); Xiphidion dorsale var. burri (Ebner, 1910); Anisoptera hungaricus (Cziki, 1923);

Conocephalus dorsalis, the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds. It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia.^[2]

Close-Up of a Conocephalus dorsalis

References

^ Latreille, P.A., 1804 Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Dufart, Paris, 10: 1–415 pp., plates 81-90.
^ Fauna Europaea

[1] Latreille, P.A., 1804 Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Dufart, Paris, 10: 1–415 pp., plates 81-90.

[2] Fauna Europaea

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