Onega (leafhopper)

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Onega is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Suborder:Auchenorrhyncha
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Onega
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Cicadellinae
Tribe: Cicadellini
Genus: Onega
Distant, 1908
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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)

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