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Scientific classification 
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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
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
- ^ 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, 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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