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Species Okanagana nigrodorsata

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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 nigrodorsata (Okanagana nigrodorsata)
Identification
Completely black dorsum, pronotum, and head with a bright yellow membrane visible with wings folded are distinctive. Larger than superficially similar ornata.
Range
Primarily the Sierra Nevadas
Habitat
Tends to be higher altitude (pers. obs.)
Contributed by Bill Reynolds on 27 September, 2011 - 1:13pm
Additional contributions by Will Chatfield-Taylor
Last updated 17 August, 2019 - 7:47am

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