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| Orosius orientalis | |
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| Genus: | Orosius Distant, 1918 |
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| 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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