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DELPHACIDAE Members: NC Records

Megamelus ungulatus - No Common Name



© Charles Bartlett- male

© Charles Bartlett- male

© Charles Bartlett- female

© Charles Bartlett- female
Taxonomy
Family: DELPHACIDAESubfamily: DelphacinaeTribe: Delphacini
Taxonomic Author: Beamer, 1955
Identification
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Description: Beamer notes that this species is yellowish-brown in color with a broad, light longitudinal stripe and a broad dark lateral stripe on each side of the dorsum and most of the elytra. The outer lobs of the ninth abdominal segment are golden yellow. The vertex is a little more than twice as long as the apical width and extends about a third of its length past the eyes. Brachypterous males are 3.0 mm long while females are 3.5 mm. (Beamer, 1955)
Distribution in North Carolina
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Out of State Record(s)
Distribution: Eastern United States (from CT and NC) (UDEL)
Abundance: Recorded from several counties in the Piedmont, probably more abundant in the right habitat.
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Habitats and Life History
Habitats: Wet seeps, fields, other watery sites
Plant Associates: Species of this genus are associated with aquatic and semiaquatic plants in various families. (UDEL)
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Status: Native
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Species Photo Gallery for Megamelus ungulatus No Common Name

Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.
Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.
Photo by: Rob Van Epps
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: Caught sweeping in a wet, weedy retention area.
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: about 8 collected along with about 8 Stenocranus dorsalis while doing a stationary sweep in a very wet area in a retention depression for 5 minutes - unid_leafhopper
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: sweep through marshy retention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: sweep through marshy retention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: sweep through marshy retention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 3.4 mm, caught in a sweep through a weedy detention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 3.4 mm, caught in a sweep through a weedy detention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 3.4 mm, caught in a sweep through a weedy detention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 3.4 mm, caught in a sweep through a weedy detention basin
Photo by: Ken Kneidel
Mecklenburg Co.
Comment: 3.4 mm, caught in a sweep through a weedy detention basin
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004129rnmalernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004129rnmalernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004129rnmalernphotos provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004134rnfemalernimages provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004134rnfemalernimages provided by C.R. Bartlett
Photo by: A. Gonzon
Out Of State Co.
Comment: UDCC_NRI 00004134rnfemalernimages provided by C.R. Bartlett