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Species Okanagana tristis

Okanagana tristis ssp. rubrobasalis - Okanagana tristis - male

Okanagana davisi - Okanagana tristis - male

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

Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 24 September, 2008 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 11 November, 2011 - 11:28pm

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