Species Okanagana vandykei

Classification · Identification

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 Okanagana

Species vandykei (Okanagana vandykei)

Identification

Unmistakable in range. Superficially similar to synodica, but vandykei is easily twice the size and they are allopatric. Two large marks on the dorsum and orange pronotum immediately identify this species.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 3 July, 2019 - 5:44pm
Last updated 17 August, 2019 - 7:57am

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