Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Conocephalus nigropleuroides Fox, 1912 - Tidewater Meadow Katydid

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Taxonomy
Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Conocephalinae Tribe: Conocephalini
Comments: One of nineteen species in this large worldwide genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (SINA, 2018; Cigliano et al., 2018); ten have been recorded in North Carolina
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images,  iNaturalist, GBIFTechnical Description, Adults/Nymphs: Fox (1912); Rehn and Hebard (1915); Blatchley (1920)SINA 236a.htm                                                                                  
Comments: Males and females are similarly dark brown in coloration, although there is also an uncommon lighter olive form (Fox, 1912). The face is dark brown except on the genae, which are green with a brown suffusion. The dorsal median stripe on the pronotum is blackish, bordered along the lateral carinae by a grayish streak; the lower lateral lobes of the pronotum are deep, rich brown. The tegmina are a pale chestnut or orange in the apical two thirds, followed by a pale, translucent blue-green apical area. The abdomen has a brown median dorsal stripe but the posterior two thirds are a bright orange-yellow, especially in the males; in females, the orange color is more restricted and darker. The sides of the abdomen are light brown above a contrasting, blackish spiracular stripe. The male cerci are a bright green. The hind femur is blue-green suffused with brownish orange at the base and thickly covered with dark reddish or blackish spots (not like the larger red spots of stictomerus). The tibiae are blue-green.
Distribution in North Carolina
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Conocephalus nigropleuroides
Adult Dates:
 High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
 Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
 Piedmont (Pd)
 Coastal Plain (CP)

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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Salt marshes; associated with Spartina patens and other species (Fox, 1912; Rehn and Hebard, 1915)
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See also Habitat Account for Salt and Brackish Marshes
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status: [SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks: [GNR] [SH]
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Comments: This species has not been recorded in North Carolina since 1932. No recent records exist on GBIF or BugGuide along the Atlantic Coast north of Florida.