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CICADELLIDAE Members: NC Records

Polyamia brevipennis - No Common Name

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Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: DeltocephaliniSubgenus: Copolyamia
Taxonomic Author: DeLong & Davidson, 1935
Identification
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Description: A small species. The vertex is yellow with brown, fuscous marks, and the pronotum has spots and yellow or brown vittae; the scutellum may or may not have marks. The forewings are yellow with light veins, and the cells have fuscous borders. The clypeus has fuscous arcs that are not visible dorsally. The female pregenital sternite has a small median projection. The male subgenital plates are longer than the pygofer and have macrosetae; they are narrowed laterally, with concave margins, and are angulate apically. Adult males are 2.2 mm long, while females are 2.4 mm. (Sinada & Blocker, 1994)

For diagrams of the species, see: 3I. For an image of a potential specimen, see: BG.

Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Eastern United states, where it is only known from a handful of localities (3I)
Abundance: Rare, a single record from the Coastal Plain.
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Comment: This species is noted as resembling P. alboneura, but distinguishable by the acute apical angles of the vertex, the small size, and the submacropterous forewings. (3I)
Status: Native
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