Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Amblycorypha longinicta Walker, 2004 - Common Virtuoso Katydid


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Taxonomy
Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Phaneropterinae Tribe: AmblycoryphiniSynonym: Amblycorypha uhleri
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 Uhleri Species Group of Walker (2004).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions: Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images,  iNaturalist, GBIFSINA 004a.htm                                                                                  
Comments: Green. Males with four dark marks on the outside of the pronotal disk
Structural Features: Members of the Uhleri Species Group possess a deep humeral sinus on the pronotum. Ovipositors are no longer than 10 mm.
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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