''Onega'' is a genus of
leafhoppers in the family
Cicadellidae.
Description
All nine described species of the Genus ''Onega'' are comparably large leafhoppers with a size between 12.4 and 16.8 Millimeters. The
pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum ( dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
of ''Onega'' is typically wider than the head and the
Scutellum is swollen.
Distribution
''Onega'' occurs in the Andean rainforests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.
Old records of ''Onega'' from the Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled.
Species
Genus ''Onega'' Distant, 1908
* ''
Onega avella''
Distant, 1908
* ''
Onega bracteata''
Young, 1977
* ''
Onega fassli''
Young, 1977
* ''
Onega freytagi''
Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* ''
Onega krameri''
Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* ''
Onega orphne''
Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* ''
Onega sanguinicollis''
(Latreille, 1807)
* ''
Onega stella''
Distant, 1908
* ''
Onega stipata''
(Walker, 1851)
References
Cicadellidae genera
Cicadellini
{{Cicadellinae-stub