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Megamelus metzaria - No Common Name


© Charles Bartlett- male
© Charles Bartlett- male
© Charles Bartlett- female
© Charles Bartlett- female
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: DelphacinaeTribe: Delphacini
Taxonomic Author: Crawford, 1914
Identification
Online Photographs: BugGuide, GBIF  iNaturalist                                                                                  
Description: Beamer notes that this species is yellowish in color with the scutellum and parts of the abdomen much darker. The crown is distinctly less than twice as long as the apical width. The wings are semihyaline with a brown spot before the apex of the clavus in macropters. A large species, macropterous males are 4.8 mm long while females are 5.0 mm. Brachypterous males are brown with darker lateral margins of the thorax and abdomen; the frons is brown with a dark brown band across the clypeus. Brachypterous females are colored similarly to the males. (Beamer, 1955)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Throughout the United States and Canada (UDEL)
Abundance: Recorded from a single county in the Piedmont; probably more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
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Plant Associates: Spartina pectinata (Poaceae) (UDEL)
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Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Megamelus metzaria No Common Name

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Comment: malerncoll. July 14, 1918rnimages provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: unknown
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malerncoll. July 14, 1918rnimages provided by C.R. Bartlett
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Out Of State Co.
Comment: malerncoll. July 14, 1918rnimages provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: unknown
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Comment: femalerndet. S. Wilsonrnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
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Out Of State Co.
Comment: femalerndet. S. Wilsonrnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: unknown
Out Of State Co.
Comment: femalerndet. S. Wilsonrnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett