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Pyrgocorypha

Pyrgocorypha is a genus of coneheads in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about 16 described species in Pyrgocorypha, found in the Americas, southern and eastern Asia.

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Pyrgocorypha
Pyrgocorypha uncinata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Conocephalinae
Tribe: Copiphorini
Genus: Pyrgocorypha
Stal, 1873

Pyrgocorypha is a genus of coneheads in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about 16 described species in Pyrgocorypha, found in the Americas, southern and eastern Asia.12345

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Pyrgocorypha:

  • Pyrgocorypha annulatus (Karny, 1907) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha formosana Matsumura, S. & Shiraki, 1908 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha gracilis Liu, Xian-wei, 1997 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha hamata (Scudder, S.H., 1878) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha mutica Karny, 1907 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha nigridens (Burmeister, H., 1838) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha parva Liu, Xian-wei, 2012 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha philippina Hebard, 1922 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha planispina (Haan, 1843) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha rogersi Saussure & Pictet, 1898 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha sallei (Saussure, 1859) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha shirakii Karny, 1907 c g
  • Pyrgocorypha sikkimensis (Karny, 1907) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha subulata (Thunberg, 1815) c g
  • Pyrgocorypha uncinata (Harris, 1841) i c g b (hook-faced conehead)
  • Pyrgocorypha velutina Redtenbacher, 1891 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,1 c = Catalogue of Life,2 g = GBIF,3 b = Bugguide.net4

References

References

  1. "Pyrgocorypha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Browse Pyrgocorypha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Pyrgocorypha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Pyrgocorypha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. "genus Pyrgocorypha Stål, 1873". Orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
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