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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) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Deltocephalinae » Scaphoideini » Osbornellus

Genus Osbornellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Pretty Iridescent Hopper - Osbornellus Small Hopper - Osbornellus Scaphoideus sp.? - Osbornellus clarus Cicadellidae 2 - Osbornellus Painted Leafhopper nymph? - Osbornellus Osbornellus Osbornellus auronitens? - Osbornellus Leafhopper ? - Osbornellus
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 Deltocephalinae
Tribe Scaphoideini
Genus Osbornellus
Explanation of Names
Osbornellus Ball 1932
Numbers
26 spp. in our area(1), ~150 spp. in 4 subgenera total(2)NOTE: the notation citing the taxonomic authority of the listed species may have been inputted erroneously. This is pending correction.
subgenus Osbornellus
Osbornellus auronitens (Provancher, 1889)
subgenus Incertae sedis
Osbornellus alatus Beamer, 1937: eastern U.S.
Osbornellus ater Beamer, 1937: TX
Osbornellus bifasciatus Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus borealis DeLong & Mohr, 1936: northwestern U.S.
Osbornellus capitatus DeLong & Knull, 1941
Osbornellus clarus Beamer, 1937: eastern U.S. and Canada, AZ
Osbornellus consors (Uhler, 1889): eastern U.S. and Canada
Osbornellus corniger Beamer, 1937: central U.S.
Osbornellus curvatus Beamer, 1937: CA
Osbornellus decorus Beamer, 1937: CA
Osbornellus filamentus DeLong & Beery, 1937
Osbornellus fumidus Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus ignavus Ball, 1936: western U.S.
Osbornellus knulli DeLong & Beery, 1937
Osbornellus limosus DeLong, 1941
Osbornellus lineatus Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus omani Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus pallidus Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus parallelus DeLong & Knull, 1941
Osbornellus ritanus Ball, 1932: AZ
Osbornellus rotundus Beamer, 1937: southeastern U.S.
Osbornellus scalaris Van Duzee, 1890: CA
Osbornellus spicatus Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus tenuis Beamer, 1937: AZ
Osbornellus unicolor Osborn, 1900: southeastern U.S.
Identification
see (3)
Range
New World & w. Palaearctic (Mediterranean + Middle East)(2)
Print References
Beamer R.H. (1937) A review of the genus Osbornellus in the United States and Canada. (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 10: 89-112.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
3.A review of the genus Osbornellus in the United States and Canada (Homoptera-Cicadellidae).
Beamer, R.H. 1937. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 10(3): 89-112. .
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 27 July, 2005 - 9:22am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 16 October, 2023 - 2:18pm

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