Species Oncometopia hamiltoni

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

unknown possible leafhopper - Oncometopia hamiltoni

Aransas leafhopper - Oncometopia hamiltoni

Oncometopia clarior - Oncometopia hamiltoni

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

No Taxon (subgenus Oncometopia)

Species hamiltoni (Oncometopia hamiltoni)

Explanation of Names

Oncometopia hamiltoni Rakitov, 2016

patronym for Canadian entomologist Andy Hamilton

Size

Males are 9.1-11.4 mm, females 10.3-11.4 mm.

Identification

wings can be light blue, violet, or pink (1)

Range

Gulf Coast Plains, c. TX, to Veracruz, Mex. - Map (Rakitov, 2016)(2)

Season

yr round (BG data)

Remarks

For basically half a century, what is now O. hamiltoni was misidentified as being O. clarior. Rakitov's 2016 paper fixed this issue and split out O. hamiltoni. So everything that was previously known as O. clarior in Texas is now O. hamiltoni. O. clarior occurs as far north as Monterrey, MX it seems (based on an iNaturalist record). O. clarior is a hyper variable species (well, a complex of species) and some individuals can even externally be identical to O. hamiltoni or O. orbona, but it is not yet known from the United States.

Print References

Rakitov, R.A. (2016) The Oncometopia orbona species group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Proconiini). Zootaxa 4168 1: 109-133. (Link)

Works Cited

1.	Austin bug collection

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 3 May, 2007 - 5:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, TurtleDude
Last updated 4 September, 2020 - 12:15pm

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