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Song:
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A loud buzz lasting longer than 1 sec. repeated every 2 sec. Neighboring individuals partially synchronize their buzzes. All complete a buzz before a new buzz begins, but synchronizing individuals do not begin their buzzes simultaneously.
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Song data:
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Excel worksheet and chart (from spectrographicanalyses).
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Identification:
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A small conehead with a prominent cone that is largely black on its lower surface. Side of pronotum with shallow, obtuse notch at rear (as in drawing above). First 10-15 teeth at lateral end of stridulatory file conspicuously more widely spaced than remaining teeth. Length 44-56 mm.
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Similar species:
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N. lyristes has the side of the pronotum with a deeper, almost right-angle notch at rear; the first 10–15 teeth at the lateral end of the stridulatory file are not conspicuously more widely spaced than subsequent teeth. N. melanorhinus occurs on tidal flats; pronotum and file are more like N. lyisters. N. ensiger has a thin, long stridulatory vein and its cone has the black beneath more nearly confined to the edges.
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Habitat:
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Grassy, weedy, and brushy fields and roadsides. Often sings from shrubby trees.
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Season:
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July–September.
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More information:
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Subfamily Copiphorinae, genus Neoconocephalus.
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References:
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Meixner & Shaw 1979, 1986.
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Nomenclature:
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OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).
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