Identification: Length 49–68 mm. Cone immaculate beneath or with transverse black mark near top. Ovipositor longer than 1.2 times length of hind femur. Width of stridulatory area less than 4.9 mm. Male pronotal length less than 1.8 times rear width.
Habitat: Roadsides, old fields, and pastures in well-drained and upland areas.
Season: July–Sept. Matures about two weeks prior to the Neoconocephalus robustus.
Song: A loud, even, continuous buzz.
Similar species: Neoconocephalus robustus has the ovipositor less than 1.2 times as long as the hind femur, width of stridulatory area more than 4.9 mm. Neoconocephalus velox has the ovipositor shorter than the hind femur, male pronotal length greater than 1.8 times rear width. Neoconocephalus palustris is smaller and has the ovipositor shorter than the hind femur.
More information: subfamily Copiphorinae, genus Neoconocephalus
References: Walker et al. 1974, Deily and Schul 2004.
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Neoconocephalus bivocatus, the false robust conehead, is a species of conehead in the family Tettigoniidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]
Neoconocephalus bivocatus, the false robust conehead, is a species of conehead in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.
Neoconocephalus bivocatus is een rechtvleugelig insect uit de familie sabelsprinkhanen (Tettigoniidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1973 door Walker, Whitesell & Alexander.
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