Orosius (leafhopper)

Orosius
Orosius orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
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

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ New Zealand Journal of Zoology, May 1976

• Orosius on www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au

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