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Aligia
Photo#773589
Copyright © 2013
Gary McDonald
Unknown Cicadellid -
Aligia
1.6 mi. N. of Antelope Fire Control Station, Willow Springs, San Benito County, California, USA
May 20, 2013
Size: 4.6mm length.
Found while using sweeping net in grass.
36.66701°N, 121.03120°W; 2818 ft. elevation.
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Contributed by
Gary McDonald
on 21 May, 2013 - 4:26pm
Last updated 24 March, 2021 - 2:15pm
Moved
Moved from
new genus Calif.
.
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Solomon Hendrix
, 24 March, 2021 - 2:15pm
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Moved
Moved from
Athysanini
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v belov
, 21 July, 2015 - 2:42pm
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Moved
Moved from
Leafhoppers
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v belov
, 31 May, 2013 - 3:49pm
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your new genus, second new species!
I hope that you kept this specimen!
Unlike the one you found last year, this one has a bluntly rounded head.
This specimen is even smaller than Allygiella clathratus, has a shorter head, and no white veins. The only other genus like this, Allygianus, has much larger individuals with more coarsely reticulate venation.
Keep up the good work!
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Andy Hamilton
, 30 May, 2013 - 10:34am
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Specimen rertained
I did indeed keep this specimen (in 70% EtOH). I now routinely retain all specimens of Cicadellids which I photograph, just in case they may turn out to be something of scientific interest. An occasional specimen may spring into the air while being photographed, and magically disappear, never to be seen again.
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Gary McDonald
, 30 May, 2013 - 11:27am
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