Onega (leafhopper)

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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

Onega is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae.

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Description

All nine described species of the Genus Onega are comparably large leafhoppers 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 Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled. [1]

Species [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 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:10.5281/zenodo.158154.
  2. Genus Onega Distant, 1908