Biology:Orientus

Short description: Genus of true bugs

Orientus
Adult of Orientus ishidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:	Membracoidea
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Deltocephalinae
Tribe:	Athysanini
Genus:	Orientus DeLong, 1938

Orientus is a genus of leafhoppers belonging to the family Cicadellidae subfamily Deltocephalinae.

Selected species

• Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902) - Japanese Leafhopper

Bibliography

• A. Guglielmino Observations on the genus Orientus (Rhynchota Cicadomorpha Cicadellidae) and description of a new species: O. amurensis n. sp. from Russia (Amur Region and Maritime Territory) and China (Liaoning Province)

References

• Biolib

Wikidata ☰ Q4045976 entry