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Short-winged conehead

Conocephalus dorsalis (Latreille, 1804)

Status not recordedinsects

The short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis) is a species in the family Tettigoniidae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the short-winged conehead

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the short-winged conehead live?

Not recorded

Is the short-winged conehead endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the short-winged conehead classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyTettigoniidae
  6. genusConocephalus
  7. SpeciesConocephalus dorsalis (Latreille, 1804)

Synonyms Anisoptera dorsalis, Anisoptera dorsalis dorsalis, Anisoptera hungaricus, Conocephalus burri, Conocephalus dorsalis, Conocephalus dorsalis burri, Conocephalus dorsalis dorsalis, Locusta dorsalis, Xiphidion dorsale, Xiphidion dorsale dorsale, Xiphidion dorsale var. burri, Xiphidium brevicaudatum, Xiphidium dorsale, Xiphidium dorsata, Xyphidium dorsalis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Eurasian meadow katydidEnglish
  • Kurzflüglige SchwertschreckeGerman
  • Le Conocéphale des RoseauxFrench
  • Kurzflügelige SchwertschreckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the short-winged conehead

Other species in the same genus Conocephalus.

CompareShort-winged conehead vs Long-winged coneheadShort-winged conehead vs Spotted meadow katydidShort-winged conehead vs Slender meadow katydidShort-winged conehead vs Short-winged meadow katydid

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the short-winged conehead?

The short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis) belongs to the family Tettigoniidae in the order Orthoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-conehead

MLA

“Short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-conehead.

BibTeX
@misc{short_winged_conehead_2026,
  title = {Short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-conehead},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}