Copiphora rhinoceros

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Copiphora rhinoceros
Rhinoceros katydid - Copiphora rhinoceros.jpg
Male
Copiphora rhinoceros - female.jpg
Female with prominent ovipositor
Scientific classification edit
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 katydid found in Central America.[1] It belongs to a group known as the conehead katydids and can be identified by a horn-like projection on the center of its head. The horn 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, invertebrates and small lizards.[2] Its lifespan is one to two years.[2]

It was first described in 1888 by in his Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève (New or Little-known Locusts of the Geneva Museum).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Cincinnati Zoo Invertebrates". Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  3. ^ Pictet, A. (1888). "Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève". Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 30 (6). Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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