Neoconocephalus sp. 3

Acosta, Riuler C., Timm, Vítor F., Zefa, Edison, da Costa, Maria K. M., Ruschel, Tatiana P., Lopes, Dimitrius A. R. & Kaminski, Lucas A., 2025, Pampa singers: an acoustic and visual guide to singing insects (Orthoptera and Hemiptera), Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24), pp. 1541-1589 : 1565-1566

Neoconocephalus sp. 3

Calling song

A chirp with well-defined intervals. The echemes have a duration of 0.54 ± 0.03 (0.493 – 0.589) seconds, encompassing 69.2 ± 3.9 (63–75) syllables, spaced at intervals of 0.45 ± 0.04 (0.375 –0.554) seconds, featuring a peak frequency of 5.83 ± 0.09 (5.7–5.91) kHz and a bandwidth of 5.68 ± 0.15 (5.43–5.81) kHz.

Collection site

Santa Vitória do Palmar, AviaÇão district. The male was recorded and collected on 29 December 2021, at 8 pm, with a temperature of 19°C. The collected individual and other males were producing signals in open field bushy areas, at heights of approximately 0.4 metres from the ground ( Figures 9D and 10I ).

Remarks

We are expecting future studies to confirm the identification at species level.

Figures

Figure 9. Songs of Copiphorinae katydids. (A) Calling song of Copiphora brachyptera Karny, 1907. (B) Calling song of Neoconocephalus sp. 1. (C) Calling song of Neoconocephalus sp. 2. (D) Calling song of Neoconocephalus sp. 3. (E) Calling song of Neoconocephalus sp. 4. (F) Calling song of Neoconocephalus sp. 5.

Figure 10. Visual guide of Conocephalinae and Copiphorinae Pampa katydids with songs recorderd. (A) Conocephalus longipes (Redtenbacher, 1891). (B) Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859). (C) Conocephalus sp. 1. (D) Conocephalus sp. 2. (E) Conocephalus sp. 3. (E) Copiphora brachyptera Karny, 1907. (F) Neoconocephalus sp. 1. (G) Neoconocephalus sp. 2. (H) Neoconocephalus sp. 3. (I) Neoconocephalus sp. (J) Neoconocephalus sp. 4. Bar: 1cm. Photos by Riuler Corrêa Acosta.