Copiphora
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| Male Copiphora rhinoceros in Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Copiphorini |
| Genus: | Copiphora Serville, 1831 |
Copiphora is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae (coneheads) from southern Mexico, Central America and South America, with a single doubtful species, C. subulata, from Africa.[1][2]
Copiphora are typically fairly large nocturnal katydids with a conspicuous horn-like structure on the top of their head (indistinct in a few species). Copiphora are omnivorous, but with strong predatory tendencies with large individuals even able to catch small frogs and lizards.[3][4] They can be quite noisy during the night and certain species produce some of the dominant sounds in their habitat.[4][5]
Taxonomy
[edit]Species include:
- Copiphora azteca Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora brachyptera Karny, 1907
- Copiphora brevicauda Karny, 1907
- Copiphora brevicornis Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora brevipennis Bruner, 1915
- Copiphora capito Stål, 1874
- Copiphora cephalotes Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora cochleata Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora colombiae Hebard, 1927
- Copiphora cornuta De Geer, 1773
- Copiphora coronata Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora cultricornis Pictet, 1888
- Copiphora festae Giglio-Tos, 1898
- Copiphora flavoscripta Walker, 1869
- Copiphora gorgonensis Montealegre-Z. & Postles, 2010
- Copiphora gracilis Scudder, 1869
- Copiphora hastata Naskrecki, 2000
- Copiphora longicauda Serville, 1831: type species (locality Cayenne, French Guiana)
- Copiphora monoceros Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora mucronata Thomas, 1872
- Copiphora ottei Naskrecki, 2000
- Copiphora producta Bolívar, 1903
- Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888 - rhinoceros katydid
- Copiphora steinbachi Bruner, 1915
- Copiphora subulata Stoll, 1813
- Copiphora vigorosa Sarria-S., Buxton, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "species Copiphora subulata (Stoll, 1813)". OSF Online. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Heller, K.-G.; Hemp, C.; Liu, C.; Volleth, M. (2014). "Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera)". Zootaxa. 3785 (3): 343–376. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.2.
- ^ Escalante, R.N.; Pérez A., I.; Alvarado A., A.; Garro A., D.; Rigabert D., P. (2021). "Observations of Arthropods Preying on Amphibians and Reptiles in Sierpe de Osa, Costa Rica". Reptiles & Amphibians. 28 (2): 302–305.
- ^ a b Hanson, P.E.; Nishida, K. (2016). Insects and other arthropods of Tropical America. Comstock Publishing Associates. pp. 29, 31. ISBN 978-0801456947.
- ^ Montealegre-Z., F.; Postles, M. (2010). "Resonant sound production in Copiphora gorgonensis (Tettigoniidae: Copiphorini), an endemic species from Parque Nacional Natural Gorgona, Colombia". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 19 (2): 347–355.