Belocephalus Explained

Belocephalus is a genus of short-winged coneheads in the family Tettigoniidae. Coneheads are a type of bush crickets or katydids. There are about eight described species in Belocephalus.

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Belocephalus:

• Belocephalus davisi Rehn & Hebard, 1916

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• Belocephalus hebardi Davis, 1912

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• Belocephalus hesperus Hebard, 1926

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• Belocephalus micanopy Davis, 1914

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• Belocephalus sabalis Davis, 1912

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• Belocephalus sleighti Davis, 1914

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• Belocephalus subapterus Scudder, 1875

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• Belocephalus uncinatus Hebard, 1927

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Capinera. J.L. Scott. R.D.. Walker. T.J.. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8. registration.