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 floridana
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
Amblycorypha rotundifolia
(Scudder, 1862) - Rattler Round-Winged Katydid
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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). Eight species have been recorded in North Carolina.
Species Status:
Belongs to Amblycorypha Group II of Rehn and Hebard (1914) and the Rotundifolia Species Group as revised by Walker et al. (2003). Members of this group are characterized by the shallow humeral sinus of the pronotum; transverse metastermal lobes that are wider than long; and a less strongly arcuate posterior margin of the pronotum. In addition to
A. rotundifolia
, this group includes
A. alexanderi
and the recently described
Amblycorypha peedee
in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Online Photographs:
BugGuide
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iNaturalist
,
GBIF
SINA
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.
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
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Status in North Carolina
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