Recordings

598:24 Conocephalus maculatus (671r24)	1:31
field recording, 31°C, sunshine (Sony WM-D3, QMC mini bat detector at 35 kHz, tape: Sony UX-Pro90, tape no. SO1/93:310-348)	0:17
field recording, 31°C, sunshine, Sony WM-D3 with small Sennheiser stereo, tape: Sony UX-Pro90, tape no.:SO1/93:348-393, bandpass circa 10-15 kHz)	0:13
Conocephalus maculatus	0:47

Literature

Naskrecki, Piotr; Guta, Ricardo (2019). Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1): 1 - 119.

Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemulla; Usmani, Mohd Kamil (2018). Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India. Zootaxa, 4461(3): 381.

Morphology

Stridulatory file with 50 teeth on the ventral side of left tegmen, teeth of file with rough surface, evenly spaced, gradually decreasing in size towards the distal end, file gradually narrow and sulcate towards distal end.

Source: Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemulla; Usmani, Mohd Kamil (2018). Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India. Zootaxa, 4461(3): 381.

Behaviour

Males call both during the day and early at night; the call is a continuous, wide-spectrum buzz, with most of the acoustic energy within 20–50 kHz but without a distinct frequency peak; lower frequency portion of the call is easily audible to the human ear (Figs. 45A–C).

Source: Naskrecki, Piotr; Guta, Ricardo (2019). Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1): 1 - 119.