Katydids of Costa Rica / Vol. 1, Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae sensu lato). Author Piotr Naskrecki text 2000 The Orthopterists Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA book 10.5281/zenodo.270035 647046fe-0ee5-401d-b4f8-aea0355fde7f 270035 Caulopsis cuspidata (Scudder, 1878) Figs. 18 B, 36B, 48F-G, Map 11 1878 Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: 88 >> Conocephalus cuspidatus ; type locality: Cuba ; type depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia - holotype female 1906 Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. 2: 240 >> Caulopsis 1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I ( CD ROM ) >> holotype illustrated [syn.] = prora 1879 Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: >> Conocephalus ; type locality: Central America: Nicaragua : San Geronismo Palvon; type depository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia - holotype female 1906 Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth. 2: 240 >> Caulopsis 1925 Hebard, M., Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 51: 300 >>synonym of Caulopsis cuspidata 1999 Naskrecki and Otte, Illustr. Cat. Orthop. I ( CD ROM ) >> holotype illustrated Diagnostic description.— General characteristics as described above. Stridulatory file of male 1.75 mm long, with 110 teeth, maximum width of file 79 μm; proximal end of file strongly curved, with teeth considerably smaller than on the remainder of file ( Figs. 48 F-G). Mirror of stridulatory apparatus approximately oval, somewhat longer than wide. Fastigium of vertex usually at least 3 times as long as eye diameter, somewhat dilated midlength when seen from above, and blunt apically. Ovipositor at most as long as hind femur, sometimes shorter (ratio ovipositor/hind femur 0.92-1.04), distinctly downcurved ( Fig. 18 B). Measurements .— Table 13 . Distribution.— This species, originally described from Cuba , has been recorded also from Mexico , Honduras , and Nicaragua . Reports of this species from South America ( Surinam , Brazil , Venezuela , Bolivia ) ( Redtenbacher 1891 , Karny 1907 ) belong, according to Hebard (1925) , to a closely related, but distinct species. In Costa Rica , C. cuspidata seems to be restricted in its distribution to the Pacific part of the country ( Map 11 ). FIG. 18. Costa Rican species of Caulopsis . A, C-F. C. microprora : A. female - habitus, C. female face, D. female head and pronotum, dorsal view, E. male cerci, dorsal view, F. male cerci, posterior view; B. C. cuspidata - ovipositor. Material examined.— COSTA RICA : Alajuela Prov. , Caño Negro, R.N.V. S Caño Negro, elev. 20 m , 8 - 24 August 1992 (coll. K. Flores ) - 1 female ( INBio ); Playuelas, Caño Negro, R.N.V. S Caño Negro, elev. 20 m , 10 - 31 October 1992 (coll. K. Martínez) - 1 male ( INBio ); same locality, elev. 20 m , 31 December 1992 (coll. K. Martínez) - 1 male , 1 female ( INBio ); Guanacaste Prov. , 11 km S. Cañas Taboga, elev. 12 m , 10° 19' N , 85° 9' W , 10 March 1969 (coll. D.C. Rentz) - 1 female ( ANIC ); same locality, 10° 19' N , 85° 9' W , 19 July 1973 (coll. D.C. Rentz and K.R. Brodey) - 1 male ( ANIC ); 3 k NO de Nacaome, P.N. Barra Honda, elev. 100 m , 13 - 30 November 1992 (coll. M. Reyes) - 1 male , 1 female ( INBio ); same locality, elev. 100 m , 15 October 1993 (coll. M. Reyes) - 1 female ( INBio ); Finca Jenny, 31 km N Liberia , elev. 300 m , 15 September 1988 (coll. GNP Biodiversity Survey) - 1 male , 1 female ( INBio ); same locality, elev. 300 m , 15 October 1988 (coll. GNP Biodiversity Survey) - 1 male ( INBio ); same locality, elev. 300 m , 15 November 1988 (coll. GNP Biodiversity Survey) - 1 female ( INBio ); Playas del Coco, 22 March 1965 (coll. J.B. Karren) - 1 male ( ANSP ); Santa Rosa N. P., 27 July 1979 (coll. D.H. Janzen) - 1 male ( USNM ); Santa Rosa N. P., Playa Naranjo, 26 January 1994 (coll. P. Naskrecki) - 1 female ( PN collection); Puntarenas Prov. , Est Esquinas, Península de Osa, elev. 0 m, 15 January 1993 (coll. F. Quesada) - 1 male ( INBio ); Península de Osa, Estac. Esquinas , 15 January 1993 (coll. M. Segura) - 1 female ( INBio ); Rancho Quemado, Península de Osa, elev. 200 m , 12 - 24 May 1993 (coll. A. Gutiérrez) - 1 male ( INBio ); CUBA : 1 female ( holotype ) ( ANSP ).