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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Microleafhoppers (Typhlocybinae) » Dikraneurini » Forcipata » Forcipata loca
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Leafhopper - Forcipata loca
Copyright © 2007 Tyler Christensen

Leafhopper - Forcipata loca
Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
October 4, 2007
Size: 3.6 mm
Forcipata sp.?
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Contributed by Tyler Christensen on 23 December, 2007 - 8:48am
Last updated 24 December, 2007 - 2:20pm

Forcipata loca
This is a male - you can see the black-tipped male subgenital plates through the wings.

Thanks for the photo. All dead specimens have the abdomen arched over the back; this must be caused by muscle contraction when drying, since your photo of the living insect shows no such flexion.
… Andy Hamilton, 24 December, 2007 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

 
Forcipata loca
You're welcome - and thanks!
… Tyler Christensen, 24 December, 2007 - 2:21pm login or register to post comments

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