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Tribe Proconiini

Oncometopia - Oncometopia orbona - female

Turquoise and Yellow Bug - Oncometopia orbona

Sharpshooter-leafhopper - Oncometopia hamiltoni

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 Cicadellinae (Sharpshooters)

Tribe Proconiini

Numbers

at least 32 species in 6 genera in our area, ~350 species in >60 genera worldwide(1)

Cuerna alba

Cuerna alpina

Cuerna alta

Cuerna arida

Cuerna balli

Cuerna costalis (Lateral-lined Sharpshooter)

Cuerna curvata

Cuerna emeljanovi

Cuerna fenestella

Cuerna gladiola

Cuerna hasbroucki

Cuerna kaloostiani

Cuerna lyrifora

Cuerna obesa

Cuerna obtusa

Cuerna occidentalis (Occidental Sharpshooter)

Cuerna sayi

Cuerna striata

Cuerna unica

Cuerna yuccae (Yucca Sharpshooter)

Egidemia inflata

Homalodisca elongata

Homalodisca ichthyocephala

Homalodisca insolita (Johnsongrass Sharpshooter)

Homalodisca liturata (Smoketree Sharpshooter)

Homalodisca vitripennis (Glassy-winged Sharpshooter)

Oncometopia alpha

Oncometopia hamiltoni

Oncometopia nigricans (Black-winged Sharpshooter)

Oncometopia orbona (Broad-headed Sharpshooter)

Paraulacizes irrorata (Speckled Sharpshooter)

Phera centrolineata

Remarks

This tribe is currently under revision and will eventually be split into at least two tribes—Oncometopiini and Proconiini.

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

Contributed by v belov on 6 May, 2011 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, antarctica
Last updated 23 October, 2023 - 8:30am

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