Conocephalus sp. 1

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 : 1562

Conocephalus sp. 1

Calling song

A mixed trill. Numerous syllables are emitted, lasting 2.85 ± 0.53 (2.4–3.64) seconds, with 66.85 ± 14.1 (53–87) notes, spaced by 0.67 ± 0.04 (0.62–0.75) seconds. It presents a peak frequency of 15.62 ± 1.34 (13.4–17.9) kHz, with a bandwidth of 6.43 ± 0.12 (6.28–6.63) kHz.

Collection site

Parque Estadual de Itapuã. The organism was collected on 5 February 2020. Males sing 1.5 metres above the ground in shrubs within open areas, at 8 pm, with a temperature of 26°C ( Figures 8C and 10C ).

Remarks

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

Figures

Figure 8. Songs of Conocephalinae katydids. (A). Calling song of Conocephalus longipes (Redtenbacher, 1891). (B) Calling song of Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859). (C) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 1. (D) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 2. (E) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 3.

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.