Orosius is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae. There are 15 described species in Orosius.
The genus was revised by Ghauri in 1966.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. Species can be differentiated by the shape of the aedeagus.
Species These 15 species belong to the genus Orosius: 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)
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External links
Orosius on www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au