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Onega (genus)

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Onega
Scientific classification e
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 nine described species of the Genus Onega are comparably large sharpshooters with a size between 12.4 and 16.8 Millimeters. 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 craibbean islands are now beliefed to have been mislabelled.[1]

Species[2]

  • Onega avella Distant, 1908
  • Onega bracteata Young, 1977
  • Onega fassli Young, 1977
  • Onega freytagi Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
  • Onega krameri Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
  • 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 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:10.5281/zenodo.158154. 
  2. ↑ [1] Genus Onega Distant, 1908

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