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A green, greenish-yellow, or yellowish species with [sometimes] a rufous tinge to the wings, more prevalent in some specimens. There are distinctive head markings, with four black ovoid spots around the margin of the vertex. There is some variation in the general color of individuals, and in the size of the black spots on the vertex margin. The abdominal segments can be lined in red. The female pregenital sternite is mostly black, with the posterior margin strongly excavated at each postero-lateral corner and a small median tooth. Adults are 4.2-5.0 mm long. (Beirne & Young, 1953)
For more images of this species, see: BG. |
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Eastern North America |
| abundance |
Recorded from the mountains, probably more abundant especially in that region. |
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Has been found in brushy, grassy open areas. |
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Can be attracted at night with a light. |
| comments |
NOTE: There has been a bit of a taxonomic conundrum between Cicadula saliens and C. melanogaster (previously reported for this state as well as much of eastern North America). For decades, various authors called specimens that looked like those on this page as C. melanogaster. However, A. Hamilton noted in his 1976 paper on Provancher's specimens that he had determined that one of the original specimens for melanogaster from Provancher referred to something completely different. It was this different taxon that he said authors that followed Provancher had treated as melanogaster, but he split this as C. saliens (from the true melanogaster, which has a more rounded and less produced head, more uniformly yellowish-green wings, and a pregenital sternite that is shorter and with a protruding median tooth), noting that C. saliens is the only member of the genus with a distinctly produced head and 4 large rounded spots on the coronal margins. (Hamilton, 1976) |
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| adult_id | Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens
Identifiable from photos showing undersides, or other specialized views [e.g., legs, face]
Identifiable only by close inspection of structural features or by DNA analysis NULL |
| nymph_id | Unmistakable and widely known Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants
Identifiable from close inspection of specimens or by DNA analysis
Identifiable only through rearing to adulthood NULL |
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Cicadulini |
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Cicadula |
Species Photo Gallery for Cicadula saliens No Common Name |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest |  | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest |  | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: open area near mixed hardwood forest |
 | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: brusy, overgrown shrubby area in forest clearing |  | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf
Avery Co.
Comment: brusy, overgrown shrubby area in forest clearing |
 | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan
Yancey Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan
Yancey Co.
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