Orosius
Orosius orientalis
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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. โ†‘ Ghauri, M.S.K. 1966. Revision of the Genus Orosius Distant (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 18(7): 231โ€“252.
  2. โ†‘ New Zealand Journal of Zoology, May 1976


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