Onega

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 of Onega is typically wider than the head and the Scutellum is swollen.^[1]

Distribution

Onega occurs in the Andean rainforests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia.^[1] Old records of Onega from the Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled.^[1]

Species^[2]

• 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)

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