Onega (leafhopper)

Onega
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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 ten species 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.

Distribution

Onega occurs in the Andean rainforests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. Old records of Onega from the Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled.

Species

There are ten recognized species:

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)

References

1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 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.
↑ Dmitriev, D.A.; et al. "Genus Onega Distant, 1908". World Auchenorrhyncha Database. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

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[Takiya,_2004-1] 1 2 3 4 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.

[Ferreira_et_al._2018-2] 1 2 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.