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Species Okanagana occidentalis

Carson Pass-0BG-J.1972.01 - Okanagana occidentalis

CA tahoe cicada - Okanagana occidentalis

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 occidentalis (Okanagana occidentalis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Okanagana occidentalis (Walker, 1866)

= Cicada occidentalis Walker, 1866

= Tibicen occidentalis (Walker, 1866)

= Okanagana lurida Davis, 1919

Remarks

Okanagana lurida Davis, 1919 recently synonymized with Okanagana occidentalis (Walker, 1866) in Cole et al. 2023.

Print References

Cole, J.A., Chatfield-Taylor, W., Smeds, E.A., Cooley, J.R., Gonzalez, V.A. & Wong, C. (2023) Phylogeny of North America’s largest cicada radiation redefines Tibicinoides and Okanagana (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadidae: Tibicininae). Zootaxa, 5346(5), 501–531. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.1

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 June, 2006 - 12:25pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 1 October, 2023 - 6:30pm

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