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This species is likely undescribed, as it is much further south than the known range of the similar I. albolinea (found in Canada and neighboring states). Specimens at the NCSU collection labeled as I. alternatus pertain to this undescribed species, and therefore collection records of I. alternatus have been included on here for the undescribed species. A female specimen that was DNA barcoded in 2018 was determined to be highly divergent from I. apache and I. albolinea, supporting the notion that this 'species' is undescribed. "The sternal apodemes in the dissected male are clearly different from anything illustrated in [the] revision of the genus, assuming these are fully developed. The antennal discs are also different from similar species, fairly narrow and pointed at both ends. I will have to do some more research, but I haven’t found any names with type localities in the region where you’ve found this, which further suggests it is not yet named."- Joel Kits.
UPDATED 3/16/22- This is indeed an undescribed species, per J. Kits who has dissected one of the individuals. |
Species Photo Gallery for Idiocerus n-species Undescribed Idiocerus Species |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn, Paul Scharf Avery Co. Comment: grassy and brushy vegetation surrounded by forest |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond; female | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond; female |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: grassy area near mixed hardwood forest and a pond; female | | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Lights |
| Photo by: Paul Scharf, B. Bockhahn,C. Mitchell Durham Co. Comment: Attracted to UV Lights | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: NCSU specimens; as I. alternatus |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: NCSU specimens; as I. alternatus | | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: stayed briefly UV light - unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: | | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34855017rnrn Attracted to UV light - |
| Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Attracted to UV light. Suburban yard near woods. | | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: female |
| Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: female | | Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: female |
| Photo by: Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: female | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 4.9 mm |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 4.9 mm | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 4.9 mm |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 4.9 mm | | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59676780 |
| Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59676780 | | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59676780 |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 5.0 mm | | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 5.0 mm |
| Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Polk Co. Comment: male, 5.0 mm | | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found on an Alder stem. - unid_leafhopper |
| Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: Found on an Alder stem. - unid_leafhopper | | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan Macon Co. Comment: |
| Photo by: J. B. Sullivan Macon Co. Comment: | | Photo by: J. B. Sullivan Macon Co. Comment: |
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