Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
ACRIDIDAE
GRYLLACRIDIDAE
GRYLLIDAE
GRYLLOTALPIDAE
RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE
ROMALEIDAE
TETRIGIDAE
TETTIGONIIDAE
TRIDACTYLIDAE
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Tettigoniidae Members:
Conocephalus aigialus
Conocephalus allardi
Conocephalus brevipennis
Conocephalus fasciatus
Conocephalus nemoralis
Conocephalus nigropleuroides
Conocephalus saltans
Conocephalus spartinae
Conocephalus stictomerus
Conocephalus strictus
Conocephalus unidentified species
Odontoxiphidium apterum
Orchelimum agile
Orchelimum bradleyi
Orchelimum campestre
Orchelimum carinatum
Orchelimum concinnum
Orchelimum erythrocephalum
Orchelimum fidicinium
Orchelimum militare
Orchelimum minor
Orchelimum nigripes
Orchelimum pulchellum
Orchelimum superbum
Orchelimum vulgare
Orchelimum unidentified species
Belocephalus subapterus
Bucrates malivolans
Neoconocephalus bivocatus
Neoconocephalus caudellianus
Neoconocephalus ensiger
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus
Neoconocephalus melanorhinus
Neoconocephalus palustris
Neoconocephalus retusus
Neoconocephalus robustus
Neoconocephalus triops
Neoconocephalus velox
Neoconocephalus unidentified species
Pyrgocorypha uncinata
Amblycorypha alexanderi
Amblycorypha arenicola
Amblycorypha peedee
Amblycorypha carinata
Amblycorypha longinicta
Amblycorypha oblongifolia
Amblycorypha rotundifolia
Amblycorypha unidentified species
Microcentrum retinerve
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Montezumina modesta
Inscudderia walkeri
Scudderia unidentified species
Scudderia cuneata
Scudderia curvicauda
Scudderia curvicauda laticauda
Scudderia fasciata
Scudderia furcata
Scudderia septentrionalis
Scudderia texensis
Pterophylla camellifolia
Atlanticus americanus
Atlanticus gibbosus
Atlanticus monticola
Atlanticus pachymerus
Atlanticus unidentified species
Hubbellia marginifera
Atlanticus davisi
NC
Records
Conocephalus stictomerus
Rehn & Hebard, 1915 - Spotted-Legged 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
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iNaturalist
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GBIF
SINA
224a.htm
Comments:
Rehn and Hebard (1915) described the coloration of this species as striking and distinctive. The face is capucine (pinkish) orange, with a median vertical stripe of mahogany red. The eyes, genae, occiput, and the dorsal surface of the pronotum are also mahogany red. The upper surface of the lateral lobes of the pronotum are shaded with capucine buff, bordered below with mahogany red and with the lower portions green. The thorax is green, as is the anterior third of the abdomen in males. The distal portion of the abdomen in males, including the cerci, are orange rufous. In females, the abdomen is sudan brown. The femurs are all green and the swollen portion of the hind femur is distinctively spotted with coral red.
Structural Features:
Both brachypterous and macropterous individuals exist, but with the tegmina and wings normally shorter than the abdomen, reaching the middle of the penultimate abdominal segment (Rehn and Hebard, 1915). The ovipositor is somewhat longer than the hind femur, relatively broad, and has an "open-sigmoid curve". The cerci of the males are distinctively shaped, with a knob located above the lateral spur and the distal portion flattened (see description in Rehn and Hebard, 1915, and a copy of their illustration given in SINA).
Singing Behavior:
Not heard by Fulton (1932).
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)
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Found in luxuriant grasses along the borders of both fresh and brackish marshes (Rehn and Hebard, 1915)
Diet:
Observation Methods:
Rehn and Hebard (1915) noted that this species is sparse and difficult to collect in their marsh grass habitats using "strenuous and continuous beating".
Abundance/Frequency:
Adult Phenology:
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
[SR]
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
[GNR] S2S3
State Protection:
Comments:
Most of our records are historic, dating from before 1932. However, one recent entry on BugGuide from Currituck County is a good match to the coloration of this species. Two iNaturalist records from the Outer Banks also appear to represent this species. No recent records exist from inland areas, although the first North Carolina specimens were collected by Brimley in the Raleigh area.
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