Orosius (leafhopper)
Orosius | |
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Orosius orientalis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
Superfamily: | Membracoidea |
Family: | Cicadellidae |
Subfamily: | Deltocephalinae |
Tribe: | Opsiini |
Genus: | Orosius Distant, 1918 |
Type species | |
Orosius albicinctus Distant |
Orosius is a genus of leafhopper in the tribe Opsiini and the subfamily Deltocephalinae. The genus was revised by Ghauri in 1966.[1] Species can be differentiated by the shape of the aedeagus.
Species
There are seven known species including:[2]
- Orosius albicinctus Distant: type species
- Orosius canberrensis (Evans, 1938), Australia
- Orosius lotophagorum (Kirkaldy, 1907), Australia
- Orosius orientalis (Evans, 1938), the common brown leafhopper, Australia
References
- ↑ Ghauri, M.S.K. 1966. Revision of the Genus Orosius Distant (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 18(7): 231–252.
- ↑ New Zealand Journal of Zoology, May 1976
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