Long-horned meadow katydid (Conocephalus saltator)

Conocephalus saltator
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Tettigoniidae
Subfamily:	Conocephalinae
Tribe:	Conocephalini
Genus:	Conocephalus
Scientific name
Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859)
Geography
Native countries:
Costa Rica Dominica Saint Lucia Belize Martinique Guatemala Honduras Barbados El Salvador Guadeloupe Mexico Panama Nicaragua Trinidad and Tobago
Introduced countries:
Fiji French Polynesia Cook Islands United States
Traits
Diet:	Insects, Forbs

The Long-horned meadow katydid (Conocephalus saltator) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Conocephalinae (meadow katydids).

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Biology

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Kevin Faccenda — 3 specimens collected
• Holger Braun — 2 specimens collected
• Hubert Szczygiel — 2 specimens collected

• Jason Hernandez — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Holger Braun — 21 specimens identified
• Hubert Szczygiel — 3 specimens identified
• Jason Hernandez — 1 specimen identified

• Kevin Faccenda — 1 specimen identified
• Tyler Grant — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCABCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGNCBI taxonomyOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)TAXREFUMLS CUIXeno-canto