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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 » Okanagana » Okanagana mariposa

Species Okanagana mariposa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
Okanagana mariposa - female Okanagana mariposa - male Okanagana mariposa - male Okanagana mariposa oregonensis - Okanagana mariposa
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 mariposa (Okanagana mariposa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1915 by William T. Davis
Okanagana mariposa
Explanation of Names
The original specimen came from Mariposa County, California
Identification
Male genitalia distinctively squared off at apex.
Habitat
Chaparral
Remarks
A protoperiodical cicada that is dependent on a cumulative precipitation schedule.
Print References
Chatfield-Taylor, W. and Cole, J.A. 2017. Living rain gauges: cumulative precipitation
explains the emergence schedules of California protoperiodical cicadas. Ecology 98: 2521-2527.
Internet References
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, v.23,p.12    Davis' original description of the species
Contributed by tom murray on 16 July, 2008 - 10:49pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Will Chatfield-Taylor
Last updated 17 August, 2019 - 7:42am

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