Onega bracteata

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Onega bracteata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Onega
Species:
O. bracteata
Binomial name
Onega bracteata
Young, 1977[1]

Onega bracteata is a species of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. It is native to Andean South America.

Description[edit]

Onega bracteata is a rather large and compact sharpshooter with a length from 13.8 to 15 mm. Females are usually slightly larger than males.[2] The pronotum is wider than the head. The veination is distinct but veins are not elevated.[2]

Distribution[edit]

Onega bracteata has been described from Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Bolivia where it was found in Andean locations 2000 m or more above sea level.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Young, David A. (1977). "Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Part 2. New World Cicadellini and the genus Cicadella". North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin. 239: 1–1135.
  2. ^ a b Cavichioli, Rodney; Wyler, Márcia Regina (1992). "Descrição da fêmea de Onega bracteata Young (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 9 (1/2): 127–129. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751992000100013.
  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:10.11646/zootaxa.718.1.1.