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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) » Sharpshooters (Cicadellinae) » Proconiini » Oncometopia » subgenus Oncometopia (Oncometopia subgenus Oncometopia)

subgenus Oncometopia

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Small bug - Oncometopia orbona Oncometopia orbona (Fabricius) - Oncometopia orbona Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) - Oncometopia orbona Oncometopia - Oncometopia orbona leaf hopper - Oncometopia nigricans Leafhopper on sunflower stalk - Oncometopia orbona Colorful insect on a stem. - Oncometopia orbona Elusive, solitary insect with 2 white dots. - Oncometopia orbona - female
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
Genus Oncometopia
No Taxon subgenus Oncometopia
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, ~50 spp. total(1)
Oncometopia hamiltoni
Oncometopia nigricans
Oncometopia orbona
Range
e. US to Argentina(1)
Remarks
green forms of Oncometopia clarior have been spotted near the Texas border. the blue and purple forms of clarior cannot be reliably differentiated from hamiltoni in most cases without dissection, so a record of this green form in Texas would make differentiation between clarior and hamiltoni quite difficult. northernmost instances of clarior do seem to be somewhat bolder in markings than hamiltoni, but it is unclear if this is a consistent difference.
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
Contributed by v belov on 13 March, 2013 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, antarctica
Last updated 25 November, 2020 - 10:38am

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