- Orosius (leafhopper)
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Orosius Orosius orientalis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadellidae Subfamily: Deltocephalinae Tribe: Opsiini Genus: Orosius
Distant, 1918Type species Orosius albicinctus
DistantOrosius 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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