Orthoptera of North Carolina

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View	Tettigoniidae Members:	NC Records
Amblycorypha carinata Rehn & Hebard, 1914 - Carinate Katydid

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae	Subfamily: Phaneropterinae	Tribe: Amblycoryphini	Synonym: Amblycorpha floridana carinata, Amblycorypha oblongifolia carinata
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 Oblongifolia Species Group of Walker (2004); also Group I of Rehn and Hebard (1914). Characterized by a shallow humeral sinus of the pronotum and by each metasternal lobe wider than long.

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	SINA 006a.htm
Comments: Green but with the carina of the pronotum often marked with a dark line edged with yellow medially.
Structural Features: Members of the Oblongifolia Species Group are characterized by a shallow humeral sinus of the pronotum and by each metasternal lobe wider than long. This species is very similar to oblongifolia but males have a stridulatory field that is about the same in area as the pronotum; in oblongifolia, the stridulatory field is much greater (Rehn and Hebard, 1914). In carinata, the lateral carina of pronotum are distinct along its entire length, whereas they are more rounded in oblongifolia and often obsolete on the basal fourth or more (Blatchley, 1920). The ovipositor in carinata is more finely serrate than in oblongifolia.

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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	Recorded by: David George and Steve Hall Chatham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Mark Basinger Columbus Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Simpson Eason Durham Co. Comment:	Recorded by: S. Carpenter Orange Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Harry LeGrand Northampton Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Stephen Hall and Harry LeGrand Northampton Co. Comment:
	Recorded by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment:	Recorded by: Billy Hartness Moore Co. Comment: WEWO - Found near beaver lodge; entered as arenicola

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