Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tetrigidae Members:	NC Records
Paratettix cucullatus (Burmeister, 1838) - Hooded Pygmy Grasshopper

Taxonomy

Family: Tetrigidae	Subfamily: Tetriginae	Tribe:
Species Status: Paratettix is one of four genera in the subfamily Tetriginae. Members of this group have fewer than 15 segments; the middle femurs are laterally compressed and carinate dorsally; and the front edge of the pronotum is usually truncate except in Nomotettix, where it is angulate and projecting forward (Hancock, 1902; Blatchley, 1920). In Paratettix, the fastigium when viewed from above truncate and not projecting beyond the eyes. The pronotum is flat dorsally and granulose; the front margin is convex.

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF
Structural Features: Middle femur three times as long as wide and strongly lobed beneath. Median carina of the pronotum weakly developed behind the anterior margin; the apex extends 3 mm beyond the tips of the hind femora. All individuals are long-winged with the tips surpassing the tip of the pronotum by 3 mm (Blatchley, 1920).

Distribution in North Carolina


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Adult Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats: Damp sandy or muddy pond and creek shorelines (Blatchley, 1920)

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Status in North Carolina

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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 S4S5

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	Recorded by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment:	Recorded by: John Petranka Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: John Petranka Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall Orange Co. Comment: Found in riparian forest on a sandy creek terrace
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