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Species Okanagana tristis

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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 tristis (Okanagana tristis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1915 by Edward Payson Van Duzee
Okanagana tristis
Explanation of Names
tristis is Latin for "sad", and probably refers to the black coloration.
Internet References
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, v.23,p.35    Van Duzee's original description of the species