Copiphora
Genus of cricket-like animals
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Copiphora is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Copiphorinae (coneheads) from southern Mexico, Central America and South America, with a single doubtful species, C. subulata, from Africa.[1][2]
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| Male Copiphora rhinoceros in Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Copiphorini |
| Genus: | Copiphora Serville, 1831 |
Copiphora are typically fairly large nocturnal katydids with a conspicuous horn-like structure on the top of their head (indistinct in a few species). Copiphora are omnivorous, but with strong predatory tendencies with large individuals even able to catch small frogs and lizards.[3][4] They can be quite noisy during the night and certain species produce some of the dominant sounds in their habitat.[4][5]
Taxonomy
Species include:
- Copiphora azteca Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora brachyptera Karny, 1907
- Copiphora brevicauda Karny, 1907
- Copiphora brevicornis Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora brevipennis Bruner, 1915
- Copiphora capito Stål, 1874
- Copiphora cephalotes Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora cochleata Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora colombiae Hebard, 1927
- Copiphora cornuta De Geer, 1773
- Copiphora coronata Redtenbacher, 1891
- Copiphora cultricornis Pictet, 1888
- Copiphora festae Giglio-Tos, 1898
- Copiphora flavoscripta Walker, 1869
- Copiphora gorgonensis Montealegre-Z. & Postles, 2010
- Copiphora gracilis Scudder, 1869
- Copiphora hastata Naskrecki, 2000
- Copiphora longicauda Serville, 1831: type species (locality Cayenne, French Guiana)
- Copiphora monoceros Saussure & Pictet, 1898
- Copiphora mucronata Thomas, 1872
- Copiphora ottei Naskrecki, 2000
- Copiphora producta Bolívar, 1903
- Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888 - rhinoceros katydid
- Copiphora steinbachi Bruner, 1915
- Copiphora subulata Stoll, 1813
- Copiphora vigorosa Sarria-S., Buxton, Jonsson & Montealegre-Z., 2016