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Southwestern Flatid Planthopper - Flatormenis saucia
Copyright © 2015 Bob Biagi

Southwestern Flatid Planthopper - Flatormenis saucia
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
May 24, 2015
Size: 9mm
I'm fairly sure that this Planthopper is a common Southwestern Flatid, Flatormenis saucia.

ID Info:
Testing for look-alikes of genera in tribe Nephesini:
1. - The two regular rows of cross-veins near the wing edge, rules out Ormenoides venusta.
2. - The light colored legs and other features (such as the wing shapes) rules out Ormenaria barberi.
3. - The overall coloring and the wing veins do not match Metcalfa pruinosa.
Testing for species of genus Flatormenis:
(from the info tab for F. proxima) "Wing shape is unique among North American flatids. (pointed) = Fail
1. - The wing edge is rounded on both sides and not pointed on the upper (or anal) corner. = species saucia Van Duzee 1912

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Contributed by Bob Biagi on 16 December, 2015 - 7:38pm
Last updated 1 August, 2017 - 9:23pm

Moved
Moved from Flatormenis.
… Bob Biagi, 29 December, 2015 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Nephesini.
… Bob Biagi, 17 December, 2015 - 2:35pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 17 December, 2015 - 7:22am

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