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Leafhopper - Flexamia - female

Leafhopper - Flexamia - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 7, 2015

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Moved
Moved from Flexamia stylata.

angles
have any other angles of the sternite?

 
btw
I'm thinking this may be reflexa or producta. Stylata is a western species (the map on Dmitriev appears to be wrong). The diagram of picta in 1958 looks close too, but in 1988 the diagram for picta looks different (however, coloration wise, picta might be the closest)

 
Stylata is in Leafhoppers of Illinois
where it is said to be a prairie species. The diagram for picta looks very similar and is probably a better fit based on range. I haven't reviewed the descriptions.

 
picta
its not picta. Picta evidently is visually distinctive too, and has a dark spot on the apex of the wings

 
There are a number of Flexamia photos at BOLD
and MCZ has a photo of clayi

 
face
do you have an image of the face?

Yeah, I have BOLD pulled up as well. And most Flexamia specimens look like one another.

check out the comment section, just created (took forever) this list of characters for the harder to impossible to ID species. I think you have a couple extra ones up north that don't occur down here, such as beameri.

https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/bugs/view_1.php?id=16424

 
Nice job!
i added a ventral, the face is out of focus

 
face
thanks!

Based on the description of the reflexa, inflata, and producta, I'm leaning towards the latter. I believe this may be a dark specimen.
"face variable but often with brown interocular band contrasting with pale color of remainder; if without band (occasionally obscured in darker specimens), then irregularly darkened."
What do you think? I guess we could measure the width and length of the head.

Moved
Moved from Flexamia.

Moved

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