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Genus Orgerius

is this some sort of Hopper ? - Orgerius - male - female Grey Diamond Hopper - Orgerius ID for a hopper #2? - Orgerius Orgerius sp.? - Orgerius Orgerius? - Orgerius sp1 - Orgerius minor sp1 - Orgerius minor sp1 - Orgerius concordus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
Family Dictyopharidae (Dictyopharid Planthoppers)
Subfamily Orgeriinae
Genus Orgerius
Explanation of Names
Orgerius Stål 1859
Numbers
15 spp. in 2 subgenera, all in our area (+1 sp. from S. Africa, probably misplaced)(1)
Identification
Brachypterous, with several terga visible from above, tegulae hidden (all Orgeriinae); callosity behind eye; short vertex, less than 2x length of the eyes.
Range
w. US (OR-CA to ID-CO-NM), most spp. restricted to CA(1)
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