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Onega (leafhopper)

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Onega
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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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

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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

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There are ten recognized species:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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:10.11646/zootaxa.718.1.1.
  2. ^ a b Ferreira, André Luis Diniz; Lozada, Pedro W. & Takiya, Daniela Maeda (2018). "A new species of the sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from Ecuador and Peru". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 62 (4): 324–327. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.09.005.
  3. ^ Dmitriev, D.A.; et al. "Genus Onega Distant, 1908". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 1 February 2024.