Conocephalus dorsalis

Conocephalus dorsalis
Conocephalus dorsalis Germany
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Conocephalus
Subgenus: Anisoptera
Species:
C. dorsalis
Binomial name
Conocephalus dorsalis
(Latreille, 1804)
Synonyms
  • Xiphidium brevicaudatum (Uvarov, 1910)
  • Xiphidion dorsale var. burri (Ebner, 1910)
  • Anisoptera hungaricus (Cziki, 1923)

Conocephalus dorsalis, the short-winged conehead, is a bush cricket species belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Conocephalinae. It is a hygrophilous species, and is therefore common in wet meadows and slow-flowing streams with floating plants, lowland peatlands, reed beds. It is found throughout Europe and it is common in northern Germany, Britain and southern Scandinavia.