Onega (leafhopper)
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
Tribe: | Cicadellini |
Genus: | Onega Distant, 1908 |
Onega is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae.
Description
[edit]All ten species are comparably large leafhoppers with a size between 12.4 and 16.8 millimeters.[1][2] The pronotum of Onega is typically wider than the head and the scutellum is swollen.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Onega occurs in the Andean rainforests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.[1] Old records of Onega from the Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled.[1]
Species
[edit]There are ten recognized species:[2][3]
- Onega avella Distant, 1908
- Onega bracteata Young, 1977
- Onega fassli Young, 1977
- Onega freytagi Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
- Onega krameri Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
- Onega musa Ferreira, Lozada & Takiya, 2018
- Onega orphne Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
- Onega sanguinicollis (Latreille, 1807)
- Onega stella Distant, 1908
- Onega stipata (Walker, 1851)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Takiya, Daniela Maeda & Cavichioli, Rodney Ramiro (2004). "A review of the neotropical sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)". Zootaxa. 718: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.718.1.1.
- ^ a b Ferreira, André Luis Diniz; Lozada, Pedro W. & Takiya, Daniela Maeda (2018). "A new species of the sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from Ecuador and Peru". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 62 (4): 324–327. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.09.005.
- ^ Dmitriev, D.A.; et al. "Genus Onega Distant, 1908". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 1 February 2024.