Copiphora

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]

Copiphora
Male Copiphora rhinoceros in Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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