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title: "Conocephalus melanus"
description: "Conocephalus melaenus — Insekten & Spinnen. Conocephalus melaenus, sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-kneed-meadow-katydid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Conocephalus melanus

> Conocephalus melaenus — Insekten & Spinnen. Conocephalus melaenus, sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia.

- Scientific name: *Conocephalus melaenus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 7826
- Wikidata: [Q3659025](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3659025)
- iNaturalist taxon: [372673](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/372673)

## Names

- en: Black-kneed Meadow Katydid
- de: Conocephalus melanus
- es: Conocephalus melanus
- it: Conocephalus melanus

## Countries with the most observations

TW (2755), CN (1058), SG (803), HK (483), IN (466), JP (461), TH (323), MY (299), ID (286), VN (84), KH (25), BD (15)

## Summary

Conocephalus melaenus, sometimes known as the black-kneed conehead or black-kneed meadow katydid is a species of Tettigoniidae found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Nepal, India, Indo-China and western Malesia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocephalus_melaenus

## Photo

![Conocephalus melanus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-kneed-meadow-katydid/medium.jpg)

Photo: 六角恐龍（1114852） · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19203462

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-kneed-meadow-katydid?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).