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Prairiana cinerea
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Derek Uhey
Cicadellidae -
Prairiana cinerea
Arboretum, Southwestern experimental garden array site, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
July 7, 2014
Pit trapped in meadow in Ponderosa pine forest near Flagstaff
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Contributed by
Derek Uhey
on 29 January, 2015 - 6:48pm
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 3:40pm
Moved tentatively
Moved from
Prairiana subta
.
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Solomon Hendrix
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:40pm
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I think
this is Prairiana cinerea. subta should be brachypterous and much paler in colouration. the BOLD specimen looks similar to this one because the abdomen has been removed.
https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~biodiv/entomology/Search/searchresults.php
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1190619
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Solomon Hendrix
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:39pm
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cinerea
you think this specimen looks like this individual here?
https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~biodiv/entomology/main/Hemiptera/Cicadellidae/Gyponinae/Prairiana%20cinerea%20(1dorsal)%20SEM-UBC%20CICA-0378.jpg
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Kyle Kittelberger
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:45pm
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yeah
that one, whoops
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Solomon Hendrix
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:46pm
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so
what makes this cinerea vs subta
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Kyle Kittelberger
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:51pm
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cinerea
is brachypterous (the only brachypterous Gyponini in the U.S. according to Joel). It is also a paler species—cinerea is a darker species. The ranges of the two species are overlapping.
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Solomon Hendrix
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:53pm
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brachypter
I'm not sure I'd call this brachypterous, but okay I guess this is fairly dark
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Kyle Kittelberger
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:55pm
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whoops!
I misspoke—subta is brachypterous, cinerea is not (subta should be the subject of that last message). I've updated the info pages for both
subta should look like this
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Solomon Hendrix
, 25 November, 2020 - 3:56pm
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Moved
Moved from
Prairiana
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Kyle Kittelberger
, 25 March, 2020 - 2:58pm
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Andy Hamilton says, "a small Prairiana
"...you can see the large ocelli on top of its head."
Moved from
Aphrodinae
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v belov
, 25 August, 2015 - 1:11pm
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Thanks Andy and v!
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Derek Uhey
, 26 August, 2015 - 11:40pm
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Moved tentatively
Moved from
Leafhoppers
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v belov
, 20 July, 2015 - 5:25pm
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