Orthoptera of North Carolina
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Amblycorypha rotundifolia (Scudder, 1862) - Rattler Round-Winged Katydid

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Taxonomy
Family: Tettigoniidae Subfamily: Phaneropterinae Tribe: Amblycoryphini
Comments: 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, GBIFSINA 008a.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 are characterized by the shallow humeral sinus of the pronotum; transverse metastermal lobes; and less strongly arcuate posterior margin of the pronotum.
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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