Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Amblycorypha alexanderi Walker, 2003 - Clicker Round-Winged Katydid

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae	Subfamily: Phaneropterinae	Tribe: Amblycoryphini
Comments: One of seventeen species in this genus that occur in North America (Cigliano et al., accessed 2024-09-25; Forrest et al., 2023). Seven species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Species Status: Belongs to the Rotundifolia Species Group described by Walker et al. (2003), also Group II of Rehn and Hebard (1914).

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	Technical Description, Adults/Nymphs: Walker et al. (2003)	SINA 001a.htm
Comments: Green, with only the stridulatory field of the males marked with brown. Species of this group are distinguished by the songs of the males.
Structural Features: Members of the Rotundifolia Species Group are characterized by the shallow humeral sinus of the pronotum; transverse metastermal lobes; and less strongly arcuate posterior margin of the pronotum.
Singing Behavior: Songs consist of a series of short tsiks.
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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

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See also Habitat Account for General Montane Mesic Forests

Status in North Carolina

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	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment: Recorded at 20:30 at approximately 62 F. Same as the one photographed.
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Steve Hall and Bo Sullivan Ashe Co. Comment:

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