Copiphora: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Copiphora
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Copiphora
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Copiphora
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.
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. They can be quite noisy during the night and certain species produce some of the dominant sounds in their habitat.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acantheremus
- Apoecides
- Artiotonus
- Banza
- Belocephalus
- Borinquenula
- Brachycaulopsis
- Bucrates
- Caetitus
- Caulopsis
- Clasma
- Conocephaloides
- Copiphora
- Coryphodes
- Daedalellus
- Dorycoryphus
- Erioloides
- Eriolus
- Eucaulopsis
- Euconocephalus
- Eurymetopa
- Gryporhynchium
- Ibityraboia
- Lamniceps
- Lanista
- Lanistoides
- Liostethus
- Lirometopum
- Loboscelis
- Mayacephalus
- Melanophoxus
- Metacaputus
- Moncheca
- Montesa
- Mygalopsis
- Neoconocephalus
- Oxyprora
- Panacanthus
- Parabucrates
- Paroxyprora
- Parvarhynchus
- Pedinostethus
- Phaneracra
- Phoxacris
- Plastocorypha
- Pluviasilva
- Poascirtus
- Podacanthophorus
- Pseudorhynchus
- Pyrgocorypha
- Ruspolia
- Santandera
- Sphodrophoxus
- Toledopizia
- Vestria
- Xestophrys
Child Taxa
- Copiphora azteca
- Copiphora brachyptera
- Copiphora brevicauda
- Copiphora brevipennis
- Copiphora brevirostris
- Copiphora cochleata
- Copiphora colombiae
- Copiphora cornuta
- Copiphora coronata
- Copiphora cultricornis
- Copiphora festae
- Copiphora gracilis
- Copiphora hastata
- Copiphora longicauda
- Copiphora monoceros
- Copiphora ottei
- Copiphora producta
- Copiphora rhinoceros
- Copiphora steinbachi
- Copiphora subulata
- Copiphora vigorosa































































































































































