Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Conocephalinae > Tribe Conocephalini > Genus Conocephalus
Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859)
male, brachypterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, February 2011)
male, brachypterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, February 2011)
male, brachypterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, February 2011)
female, macropterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, March 2011)
female, macropterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, March 2011)
female, macropterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, March 2011)
female, macropterous form (Misiones, Iguazú National Park, March 2011)
male, short-winged form (Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Base de Estudos do Pantanal UFMS, December 2015)
male, short-winged form (Brazil, Mato Grosso do Sul, Base de Estudos do Pantanal UFMS, December 2015)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Corrientes
    • Misiones
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Pacific Islands, Caribbean, Central America, South America to Peru, Brazil and Paraguay
 
Observations
Grassland along forest trails and in clearings. Occurs in macropterous and micropterous forms. Active day and night. Short-winged males 17-18 mm.
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References
  • PIRÁN, A.A. 1941. Catálogo sistemático y zoogeográfico de Tettigonioideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 11(2):119-168:156.
  • CHAMORRO-RENGIFO, J., SILVA, B.C., OLIVIER, R.S., BRAUN, H. & ARAUJO, D. 2018. Meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalini) from the Central-West Region of Brazil: Morphological, bioacoustic and cytogenetic study. Zootaxa 4388(3):347–372:351.
  • FIANCO, M., SZINWELSKI, N. & FARIA, L.R.R. 2022. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa 5136(1):1–72 :11.
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