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Yellow to yellowish green overall, often with a faint smoky tint to the wings. The body is comparatively elongate. The vertex is rather short and rounded anteriorly; it is more than twice as wide as long. The spot pattern on the head is isolated, or partly confluent. The face has prominent black transverse bands. The male subgenital plate has 9 to 10 prominent macrosetae lining the lateral margins, with a produced, tapered tip to the plate lacking setae. Adult males are 3.5-3.9 mm long, females are 3.8-4.2 mm. (Kwon & Kwon, 2022)
For images of the holotype male, see: BG. |
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Eastern North America, from Florida to northeastern Canada; also as far west as Alaska (Kwon & Kwon, 2022) |
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Previously reported from the state but unclear from where exactly (Kwon & Kwon, 2022); recently found in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. |
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Wild rice, Scirpus validus, Sparaganium sp., Typha sp., Zizania aquatica (Kwon & Kwon, 2022) |
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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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Macrostelini |
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Species Photo Gallery for Macrosteles bifurcatus No Common Name |
 | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |  | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |
 | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |  | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |
 | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |  | Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 4.3 mm |
 | Photo by: Erich Hofmann
New Hanover Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: Erich Hofmann
New Hanover Co.
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 | Photo by: Erich Hofmann
New Hanover Co.
Comment: |  | Photo by: Erich Hofmann
New Hanover Co.
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 | Photo by: Susan Reeves
Orange Co.
Comment: Name suggested by hopperdude215. rnSheet with light in small opening of clearing between trees, largely hardwoods.rnThere were LOTS of hoppers at the bottom of the sheet, esp. Plesiommata tripunctata. May have been more than one Macrosteles but only photoed one. Just learning what is common, and not! |
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