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Live specimen on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): Oncometopia orbona @ U.S.A., by R. Rakitov. (Observation).
Live specimen on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): Oncometopia orbona @ U.S.A., by R. Rakitov. (Observation).
Live specimen on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): Oncometopia orbona @ U.S.A.(IL), by D. M. Takiya. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) undata (Fabricius, 1794) now Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) undata (Fabricius, 1794) now Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): (Observation).
Nymph on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM155 | U.S.A., Illinois, Piatt Co., Lodge Park | 6/18/1974 | M. B. Farris | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM195 | U.S.A., Missouri, Natchez | 6/21/1904 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM196 | U.S.A., Virginia, Fairfax Co., Newington | 5/30/1911 | S. A. Rowher | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM200 | U.S.A., Virginia, Dyke | 5/28/1915 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM243 | U.S.A., Ilinois, Urbana | 7/18/1934 | Rich | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM155 | U.S.A., Illinois, Piatt Co., Lodge Park | 6/18/1974 | M. B. Farris | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM238 | U.S.A., Missouri, Adams Co., near Cranfield | 7/27/1970 | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM195 | U.S.A., Missouri, Natchez | 6/21/1904 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM17 | U.S.A., North Carolina, Black Mts. | AMNH. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM240 | U.S.A., Missouri, Charleston | 7/3/1918 | H. R. Painter | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM239 | U.S.A., Illinois, Golconda | 6/22/1932 | Rose, Dozier, & Park | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM95 | U.S.A., Illinois, Urbana, Jul-Aug 1999 | R. Rakitov | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM200 | U.S.A., Virginia, Dyke | 5/28/1915 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM243 | U.S.A., Ilinois, Urbana | 7/18/1934 | Rich | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM240 | U.S.A., Missouri, Charleston | 7/3/1918 | H. R. Painter | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM154 | U.S.A., Illinois, Vermilion Co., 2mi NE of Collison | 7/1-2/1979 | E. A. Lisowski | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM192 | U.S.A., Virginia, Nansemond Co., Dismal Swamp, Lake Drummond | 6/8-9/1974 | Don & Mignon Davis | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM95 | U.S.A., Illinois, Urbana, Jul-Aug 1999 | R. Rakitov | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM239 | U.S.A., Illinois, Golconda | 6/22/1932 | Rose, Dozier, & Park | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM200 | U.S.A., Virginia, Dyke | 5/28/1915 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM239 | U.S.A., Illinois, Golconda | 6/22/1932 | Rose, Dozier, & Park | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM238 | U.S.A., Missouri, Adams Co., near Cranfield | 7/27/1970 | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM13 | U.S.A., Alabama, Birmingham, 8/8-9/1917 | AMNH. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM192 | U.S.A., Virginia, Nansemond Co., Dismal Swamp, Lake Drummond | 6/8-9/1974 | Don & Mignon Davis | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM196 | U.S.A., Virginia, Fairfax Co., Newington | 5/30/1911 | S. A. Rowher | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM156 | U.S.A., Missouri, Greenwood, VII | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM155 | U.S.A., Illinois, Piatt Co., Lodge Park | 6/18/1974 | M. B. Farris | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM192 | U.S.A., Virginia, Nansemond Co., Dismal Swamp, Lake Drummond | 6/8-9/1974 | Don & Mignon Davis | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM17 | U.S.A., North Carolina, Black Mts. | AMNH. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM13 | U.S.A., Alabama, Birmingham, 8/8-9/1916 | AMNH. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM153 | U.S.A., Illinois, Massac Co., 1 mi W of Mermet | 6/6/1979 | D. W. Webb | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM154 | U.S.A., Illinois, Vermilion Co., 2mi NE of Collison | 7/1-2/1979 | E. A. Lisowski | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM240 | U.S.A., Missouri, Charleston | 7/3/1918 | H. R. Painter | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM156 | U.S.A., Missouri, Greenwood, VII | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM153 | U.S.A., Illinois, Massac Co., 1 mi W of Mermet | 6/6/1979 | D. W. Webb | INHS. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM193 | U.S.A., Virginia, Virginia Beach | 8/31/1903 | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM196 | U.S.A., Virginia, Fairfax Co., Newington | 5/30/1911 | S. A. Rowher | USNM. (Observation).
Brochosomes on Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798): OM95 | U.S.A., Illinois, Urbana, Jul-Aug 1999 | R. Rakitov | INHS. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (21)

  • Cicada undata Fabricius, 1794: 32.

    Syntype; 7f4793c1-b9f9-42c0-a215-5a65b00bc746; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); in Carolina

  • Cicada undata Fabricius, 1794 (primary homonym of Cicada undata De Geer, 1773)
  • Proconia plagiata Walker, 1851 (subjective synonym of Cicada orbona Fabricius, 1798) in Young, 1968a: 229.
  • Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona (Fabricius, 1798) in Young, 1968a: 229.

Nomenclature references (21)

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  • Fabricius, J.C. (1794) Ryngota. In Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta: secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. hrist. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. Vol. 4, pp. 1–57. [472 pp.]
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1798a) Ryngota. In Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Proft et Storch, Hafniae. pp. 511–524. [572 pp.]
  • Germar, E.F. (1821a) Bemerkungen über einige Gattungen der Cicadarien. Magazin der Entomologie, 4, 1–106.
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  • Walker, F. (1851b) List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: Edward Newman, Vol. 3, 637–907.
  • Signoret, V.A. (1853d) Revue critique du groupe des Tettigonides et de la tribu des Cercopides. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée. (Sér. 2), 5, 173–184. [separate paged 1-12]
  • Signoret, V.A. (1854c) Revue iconographique des Tettigonides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (3 série), 2(3), 483–496 + pl. 17.
  • Walker, F. (1858b) Supplement. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. London: Order of Trustees, Suppl. 307 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1869a) Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 8(1), 1–130.
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  • China, W.E. (1927d) Preliminary remarks on Melichar's "Monographie der Cicadellinen" (Hemipt. Jassoidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 9), 20, 281–283.
  • Schmidt, E. (1928c) Die Cicadellinen des Stettiner Museums. (Hemiptera-Homoptera). II. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 45, 53–90.
  • Soukup, J. (1945a) Lista de algunos Homópteres peruanos. Boletin del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado", 9, 274–284.
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  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1965a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 1. Tettigellidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, II+730 pp.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965c) Cicadelline types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 17(4), 163–199.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1965d) Notes on Fabrician species of Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in Copenhagen and Kiel with lectotype designations. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34(1), 10–18.
  • Young, D.A., Jr. (1968a) Taxonomic study of the Cicadellinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Part 1. Proconiini. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 261, i-vi+1–287.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

after Orbona, in Roman mythology, the goddess of children, especially orphans

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101415