Biology:Onega (leafhopper)

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Short description: Genus of leafhoppers

Onega
Scientific classification e
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

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

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. "Genus Onega Distant, 1908". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. https://hoppers.speciesfile.org/otus/16543/overview. 

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