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Paraphlepsius abruptus - No Common Name


© Bo Sullivan
© Bo Sullivan
© Bo Sullivan- male
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: PendariniSubgenus: Gamarex
Taxonomic Author: (DeLong 1938)
Identification
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Description: A tawny brown species. This species has a pointed but rounded vertex. The wings are densely reticulate. The female pregenital sternite has four subequal lobes, with the median ones turned outwards; there is a large median notch in the posterior margin, which is outlined in black. The male subgenital plates are long and triangular. Adult males are 5.8-6.5 mm long, while females are 6.0-7.0 mm. (Hamilton 1975)

For diagrams of this species, see: Dmitriev.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Primarily Southeastern United States, with previous records close to North Carolina from Tennessee and Georgia (Hamilton 1975); now known to occur as far north on the Atlantic Coast as NC.
Abundance: Rare, a single recent record from the Coastal Plain; likely under-collected more abundant.
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Behavior: Can be attracted at night with a light.
Comment: NOTE: This species is closely related to P. continuus and likewise is a member of the "continuus" group within the subgenus Gamarex. There may be a slight difference between the two species in the shape of the head (in abruptus, the head is slightly produced but rounded, whereas in continuus the head is fairly rounded), and slight differences in the measurements. P. abruptus can at this point though likely only be reliably differentiated with an underside picture of the female or dissection of the male genitalia; the males of each species have very slight but distinctive differences in otherwise very similar genitalia.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Paraphlepsius abruptus No Common Name

Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm
Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm		Photo by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 6.2 mm