Conocephalus sp. 2

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. 2

Calling song

A mixed trill. The signal presents two very distinct types of echemmes. The first comprises brief syllables resembling ‘tics’ lasting 0.12 ± 0.02 (0.106 –0.183) seconds, spaced by 0.40 ± 0.09 (0.308 –0.654) seconds. The second syllable lasts 1.36 ± 0.58 (1.03–2.04) seconds, with 136.3 ± 33.5 (116–175) notes during its emission. The peak frequency of 12.83 ± 0.42 (11.9–13.4) kHz and a bandwidth of 11.73 ± 1.18 (10.12–12.93) kHz.

Collection site

Santa Vitória do Palmar, Donatos district. The organism was recorded and collected on 12 January 2020, at 8 pm. The males singing in shrubs, 1 metre above the ground, with a temperature of 22°C ( Figures 8D and 10D ).

Remarks

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