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Pissonotus dentatus - No Common Name


© Charles Bartlett- macropter
© Charles Bartlett- macropter
© Charles Bartlett- note face
© Charles Bartlett- brachypter
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: DelphacinaeTribe: Delphacini
Taxonomic Author: Morgan and Beamer, 1949
Identification
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Description: A variably colored lustrous species, ranging from brown to brownish orange. The frons is immaculate and mostly brownish orange, paler ventrally; the postclypeus is dark brown, with the anteclypeus paler. The vertex ranges from brown to borwnish orange, and the antennae are stramineous; the pronotum and mesonotum are brown to orange-brown, paler caudally. The wings are light brown with a medially incomplete distal transverse band. The abdomen is brownish orange to brown and immaculate. In macropterous individuals, the coloration is similar to brachypters with the mesonotum darker; wings are clear. Adult male brachypters are 1.88-2.20 mm long, while females are 1.59-2.43 mm; adult macropter males are 2.73-2.86 mm long, females are 3.05-3.22 mm. (Bartlett & Deitz, 2000)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Reported from Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Cuba; however, the Illinois and North Carolina records may be mislabelled specimens. (UDEL)
Abundance: A single record from the Piedmont; rare.
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Comment: This species is very similar to Pissonotus piceus.
Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Pissonotus dentatus No Common Name

Photo by: D.M. DeLong
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malerncoll. 1940'srnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: D.M. DeLong
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malerncoll. 1940\'srnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: D.M. DeLong
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malerncoll. 1940\\\'srnphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: C.W. O'Brien
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: C.W. O'Brien
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett		Photo by: C.W. O'Brien
Out Of State Co.
Comment: malernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett