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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) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Proconiini » Oncometopia

Genus Oncometopia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Broad-Headed Sharpshooter - Oncometopia orbona Hopper Nymph - Oncometopia orbona Rockville, Maryland--- - Oncometopia orbona Female Oncometopia orbona covering her eggs - Oncometopia orbona - female Oncometopia orbona? - Oncometopia orbona Blue/Purple Bug with Black Eyes - Coelidia nymph? - Oncometopia orbona Planthopper ID? - Oncometopia orbona Oncometopia hamiltoni nymph? - Oncometopia
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 Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)
Subfamily Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)
Tribe Proconiini
Genus Oncometopia
Explanation of Names
Oncometopia Stål 1869
Numbers
2 subgenera, with 4 spp. in our area and ~60 spp. total(1)
subgenus Oncometopia
Oncometopia (Oncometopia) hamiltoni Rakitov, 2016
Oncometopia (Oncometopia) nigricans (Walker, 1851)
Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798)
subgenus Similitopia
Oncometopia (Similitopia) alpha Fowler, 1899
Size
9-15 mm (Young 1968)
Range
US to Argentina, primarily neotropical(1); O. orbona is the only common, widespread member of this genus in the e. US (per Dr Andy Hamilton); other spp. in so. & w. US
Print References
Young D.A. (1968) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae. Bull. US National Mus. 261: 1-283 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 September, 2004 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 31 March, 2024 - 11:48am

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