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title: "Zuidelijk spitskopje"
description: "Conocephalus fuscus — Insecten en spinnen. Conocephalus fuscus, the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/long-winged-conehead
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuidelijk spitskopje

> Conocephalus fuscus — Insecten en spinnen. Conocephalus fuscus, the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia.

- Scientific name: *Conocephalus fuscus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 10306
- Wikidata: [Q743399](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743399)
- iNaturalist taxon: [466317](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/466317)

## Names

- en: Long-winged Conehead
- de: Langflügelige Schwertschrecke
- fr: Conocéphale bigarré
- nl: Zuidelijk spitskopje
- pl: Miecznik ciemny

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1483), FR (1434), DE (1124), RU (785), BE (434), PL (421), AT (325), NL (284), IT (215), UA (180), LU (118), HU (93)

## Summary

Conocephalus fuscus, the long-winged conehead, is a member of the family Tettigoniidae, the bush-crickets and is distributed through much of Europe and temperate Asia. This bush-cricket is native to the British Isles where it may confused with the short-winged conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis). These two species are phenotypically similar; however, the distinguishing factor between the two is the fully developed set of wings the long-winged conehead possesses that allows for flight. In the short-winged coneheads the hind wings are shorter than the abdomen, causing the wings to be vestigial and the species is incapable…

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

## Photo

![Zuidelijk spitskopje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-winged-conehead/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Jakeman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240510084

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-winged-conehead?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).