Atkinsoniella
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| Atkinsoniella | |
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| Atkinsoniella opponens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Subfamily: | Cicadellinae |
| Tribe: | Cicadellini |
| Genus: | Atkinsoniella Distant, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Atkinsoniella decisa Distant, 1908 | |
Atkinsoniella is a genus of leafhoppers. Nearly 102 species are known in the genus and most of these species are distributed in the Oriental and Palearctic Realms. They are polyphagous and found mainly in high rainfall regions. They are light coloured with contrasting black markings and red, yellow, green, or orange markings. They are polymorphic and sexually dimorphic making identification by sight difficult.[1]
The generic name honours the entomologist Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson (1840–1890).