Orthoptera of North Carolina

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Conocephalus nemoralis (Scudder, 1875) - Woodland Meadow Katydid

Macropterous female

Taxonomy

Family: Tettigoniidae	Subfamily: Conocephalinae	Tribe: Conocephalini
Comments: One of nineteen species in this large worldwide genus that occur in North America north of Mexico (SINA, 2018; Cigliano et al., 2018); ten have been recorded in North Carolina

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions:	Online Photographs: BugGuide, Google Images, iNaturalist, GBIF	SINA 233a.htm
Total Length [body plus wings; excludes ovipositor]: 13-14 mm, males; 14-15 mm, females (Blatchley, 1920)
Structural Features: Tegmina usually cover 2/3 of the abdomen in males and 1/2 in females but are "very rarely fully developed, their tips broadly rounded; veins and cross-veins unusually prominent, giving them a coarse and scabrous look" (Scudder, 1875; Rehn and Hebard, 1910; Blatchley, 1920)

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) Click on graph to enlarge

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Status in North Carolina

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Natural Heritage Program Ranks: GNR [SU]

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	Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment: Long-winged form. Identification based partly on the prominent pale veins on the wings		Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment:

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