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A brown species, with the crown white with a brown, apically interrupted anterior margin line. The brown area fades to orange-yellow and then white posteriorly, occupying space between the eyes, and there is a brown central anteriorly quadrate area. The eyes are brown with a white longitudinal line, and the face is a light brown; there is a white marginal line between the ocelli and four white lines below the crown margin. The pronotum is brown with a central transverse white translucent area that ends with a white spot. The scutellum is light brown with the lateral margins black, white, and with black spots. The forewings are a copper-red to brownish-orange color with some white translucent and brown areas; the veins are brown. The coxae are brown. The abdominal terga are dark brown dorsally, laterally, and ventrally, with some yellow areas. Sterna three to six are dark brown while sterna five and six have a longitudinal white line; the seventh sternum is white with the posterior central area brown to black. The female pregenital sternite is broadly rounded and not notched posteriorly, with a relative straight-ish posterior margin. The adult female is 6.3 mm long. (Barnett 1976) |
| distribution |
Known only from North Carolina |
| abundance |
Rare, only conclusively known from the holotype in Wake County. Another record reported from Swannanoa. |
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Unknown |
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Barnett noted the following regarding specimens labeled as this species: "Known only from the type as I consider the species. The allotype is damaged but appears to be S. torqus and is very different from the type. DeLong associated other specimens with this species, but I do not consider these valid associations" (Barnett 1976). Therefore we are not including the allotype (from the Black Mountains) under this species. |
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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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Scaphoideini |
| subgenus |
Latenus |
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