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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Tibicininae » Tibicinini » Hewlettia » Hewlettia nigriviridis

Species Hewlettia nigriviridis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References
Okanagana nigriviridis - Hewlettia nigriviridis - male Okanagana nigriviridis - Hewlettia nigriviridis - male Okanagana nigriviridis - Hewlettia nigriviridis - male Okanagana nigriviridis - Hewlettia nigriviridis - male Okanagana nigriviridis - Hewlettia nigriviridis - male
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 Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)
Superfamily Cicadoidea (Cicadas)
Family Cicadidae (Cicadas)
Subfamily Tibicininae
Tribe Tibicinini
Genus Hewlettia
Species nigriviridis (Hewlettia nigriviridis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hewlettia nigriviridis (Davis, 1921)
= Okanagana nigrinervis Davis, 1921
Identification
Green and black pattern is distinctive. Sings for brief periods, falling silent for several minutes after. Unusually docile for an Okanagana, often difficult to disturb.
Range
Southern California
Habitat
Obligate chamise specialist.
Remarks
Recently moved from Okanagana.
Print References
Cole, J.A., Chatfield-Taylor, W., Smeds, E.A., Cooley, J.R., Gonzalez, V.A. & Wong, C. (2023) Phylogeny of North America’s largest cicada radiation redefines Tibicinoides and Okanagana (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae: Tibicininae). Zootaxa, 5346(5), 501–531. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.1
Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 24 September, 2008 - 6:35pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor, James Bailey, antarctica
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 5:23pm

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