Copiphora rhinoceros

Species of cricket-like animal

Copiphora rhinoceros

Male above, females below (note prominent ovipositor)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Orthoptera
Suborder:  | Ensifera
Family:  | Tettigoniidae
Genus:  | Copiphora
Species:  |

C. rhinoceros

Binomial name
Copiphora rhinoceros

Pictet, 1888

Copiphora rhinoceros, the rhinoceros katydid, is a relatively large, up to about 7.5 cm (3 in) long, species of katydid found in Central America.[1] It belongs to a group known as the conehead katydids, several of which have a horn-like projection on the top of the head. The horn of the rhinoceros katydid is used to ward off attacks from hungry bats.[2] Unlike most katydids, which are herbivores, the rhinoceros katydid is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, frog eggs and small lizards.[2][3] The species can be quite noisy during the night and produces one of the dominant sounds in Central American lowland forests.[3] Its lifespan is one to two years.[2]

It was first described in 1888 by Alphonse Pictet in his Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève (New or Little-known Locusts of the Geneva Museum).[4]

## References

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1. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Copiphora rhinoceros Pictet, 1888". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
2. ^ a b c "Cincinnati Zoo Invertebrates". Retrieved 2017-02-19.
3. ^ a b Hanson, P.E.; Nishida, K. (2016). Insects and other arthropods of Tropical America. Comstock Publishing Associates. pp. 29, 31. ISBN 978-0801456947.
4. ^ Pictet, A. (1888). "Locustides Nouveaux ou peu connus de Musée de Genève". Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève. 30 (6). Retrieved 28 December 2018.

Taxon identifiers

Copiphora rhinoceros|

* Wikidata: Q10459166
* CoL: Y4WG
* EoL: 502511
* GBIF: 1686529
* iNaturalist: 120961
* IRMNG: 10477770
* NCBI: 1395686
* Orthoptera Species File (old): 1133875
* Orthoptera Species File (new): 843590
* Xeno-canto: Copiphora-rhinoceros