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Pendarus avicephalus - No Common Name


© Bo Sullivan- female, note head shape
© Kyle Kittelberger- female; note pattern
© Bo Sullivan- male
© Kyle Kittelberger- female; note pregenital
sternite
Taxonomy
Family: CicadellidaeSubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: PendariniSubgenus: Pendarus
Taxonomic Author: Crowder, 1952
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: A grayish-brown species with pale bands on the wings. The male crown is short, scarcely produced near the eye and bluntly rounded at the apex. The female crown is similar but sharply angled apically (has a point), causing the coronal margins to appear concave. The male subgenital plates are elongate with sharp apexes; triangular overall. The female pregenital sternite has a slight median projection, with a small notch in the middle. Adult males are 5.1-5.3 mm long, while females are 6.0-6.2 mm. (Hamilton 1975)

For additional images of specimens, showing male and females, see: BOLD.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Florida north to North Carolina; a single record from Mississippi (Hamilton 1975)
Abundance: Recorded primarily from the Coastal Plain but also from the Piedmont; probably under collected and therefore more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
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Behavior: Can probably be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: This species is very similar to P. stipatus, with very similar color patterns and prefenital sternite shapes, though the lateral lobes are usually slightly more produced in stipatus. The main visual difference, albeit subtle, between these two species is the shape of the head in females. In avicephalus, the coronal margins of the head are sharply angled apically, giving the margins a concave appearance; in stipatus, the margins of the head are straight or convex. (Hamilton 1975)
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Pendarus avicephalus No Common Name

Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan
Craven Co.
Comment: female, 6.2 mm. Coronal margins are concave		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Moore Co.
Comment: female, 6.3 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: male; 5.0 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: female; 7.1 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: female; 7.1 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: female; 7.1 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Jones Co.
Comment: female; 7.1 mm
Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan
Craven Co.
Comment: female, 6.2 mm. Coronal margins are concave		Photo by: J. Bolling Sullivan
Craven Co.
Comment: female, 6.2 mm
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens		Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens
Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger
Out Of State Co.
Comment: NCSU specimens