Copiphora rhinoceros
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| Copiphora rhinoceros | |
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| Male above, females below (note prominent ovipositor) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Copiphora |
| Species: | C. rhinoceros |
| Binomial name | |
| Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888 | |
Copiphora rhinoceros, the rhinoceros katydid, is a relatively large, up to about 7.5 cm (3 in) long, species of katydid found in Central America.[1] It belongs to a group known as the conehead katydids, several of which have a horn-like projection on the top of the head. The horn of the rhinoceros katydid is used to ward off attacks from hungry bats.[2] Unlike most katydids, which are herbivores, the rhinoceros katydid is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, frog eggs and small lizards.[2][3] The species can be quite noisy during the night and produces one of the dominant sounds in Central American lowland forests.[3] Its lifespan is one to two years.[2]
It was first described in 1888 by Alphonse Pictet in his Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève (New or Little-known Locusts of the Geneva Museum).[4]