Orosius (leafhopper)

Orosius
	Orosius orientalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Deltocephalinae
Tribe:	Opsiini
Genus:	; Distant, 1918
Type species
	Orosius albicinctus; Distant
Synonyms
	Nesaloha Oman, 1943 ;

Orosius is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are 15 described species in Orosius.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The genus was revised by Ghauri in 1966.^[4] Species can be differentiated by the shape of the aedeagus.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Orosius:^[2]

Orosius aegypticus Ghauri, 1966 (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan)
Orosius albicinctus Distant, 1918 (Asia, North Africa, Australia, southern Europe)
Orosius albifrons Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius argentatus (Evans, 1938) (common brown leafhopper) (Australia, Pacific Islands, Azores)
Orosius brunneus Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius canberrensis (Evans, 1938) (Australia)
Orosius cellulosus (Lindberg, 1927) (Sudan, Ethiopia, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman)
Orosius lotophagorum (Kirkaldy, 1907) (Australia, Thailand, Pacific Islands)
Orosius magareyi Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius orientalis (Matsumura, 1914) (minami-madara-yokobai) (East Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe)
Orosius pallidus Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius recurvus Fletcher & Löcker, 2016
Orosius ryukyuensis (Ishihara, 1965) (Japan, Federated States of Micronesia)
Orosius santali Singh-Pruthi, 1934 (India)
Orosius viraktamathi El-Sonbati & Wilson, 2019 (Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates)

^ "GBIF, Orosius". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
^ ^a ^b "Catalogue of Life, Orosius Distant, 1918". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
^ Dmitriev, D.A. (2024). "World Auchenorrhyncha Database". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
^ 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.