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Chlorotettix n-species - Undescribed Chlorotettix Species


Chlorotettix n-species
© Bo Sullivan
Chlorotettix n-species
© Bo Sullivan- note rounded vertex shape
Chlorotettix n-species
© Bo Sullivan
Chlorotettix n-species
© Bo Sullivan- male plates
Taxonomy
Family: CICADELLIDAESubfamily: DeltocephalinaeTribe: Pendarini
Identification
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Description: Greenish overall, with a notable highly rounded vertex that is not much longer in the middle compared to the length next to the reddish-brown eyes. The subgenital plates are long, tapered, and triangular. The male is 7.0 mm long.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Distribution: Known from a single record from coastal North Carolina
Abundance: Rare, a single specimen collected from the coast.
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Comment: This is likely an undescribed species, based on the male specimen dissected by the late Bo Sullivan. The vertex and overall body appearance are strikingly distinct, and based on the genitalia, this appears to belong to Chlorotettix. However, there is no match for the genitalia in Cwikla's dissertation revision of the genus from 1988. Some of the closest matches were Neotropical species or those that occurred in the western United States. Chlorotettix unicolor has a similar aedeagus (prominent forked tip with a smaller branch below the fork) and style, but the overall head and eye shape eliminates unicolor; the pygofer and style shapes also seem to differ from that of unicolor. C. dentatus is another possibility, and occurs in the eastern U.S., but the genitalia are even more different for that species. "This specimen certainly looks like a Chlorotettix to me but you're right that the shape of the head is unusual... I don't recognize the genitalia and if you can't find it in Cwikla's dissertation then it's quite possibly a new species. It's certainly possible that there are still new species lurking in the wilds of North Carolina." (C. Dietrich to K. Kittelberger)
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Chlorotettix n-species Undescribed Chlorotettix Species 7

Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long
Chlorotettix n-speciesPhoto by: Bo Sullivan
Carteret Co.
Comment: male, 7 mm long; likely an undescribed species