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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Iassinae » Gyponini

Tribe Gyponini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Big green leafhopper - Gyponana geminata

Cicadellidae, exuvium, dorsal - Ponana pectoralis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Cicadomorpha (Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers)

Superfamily Membracoidea (Leafhoppers and Treehoppers)

Family Cicadellidae (Typical Leafhoppers)

Subfamily Iassinae

Tribe Gyponini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gyponini Stål 1870

= Bythoscopinae Dohrn, 1859

= Iassidae Walker, 1869

= Jassida Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

= Jassidae Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

= Jassidaeus Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

= Jassides Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

= Jassina Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

= Jassoidea Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

Numbers

13 genera in our area (likely more undescribed), 72 genera total

(range info is only north of Mexico here)

Acusana DeLong, 1942: southwestern U.S.

Curtara DeLong & Freytag, 1972: southeastern U.S.

Dragonana Ball & Reeves, 1927: AZ

Gypona Germar, 1821: transcontinental

Gyponana Ball, 1920: transcontinental

Hamana DeLong, 1942: southwestern U.S.

Marganana DeLong, 1948: AZ

Negosiana Oman, 1949: eastern U.S.

Planipona Freytag, 2015: southwestern U.S.

Polana DeLong, 1942: transcontinental?

Ponana Ball, 1920: transcontinental

Prairiana Ball, 1920: transcontinental

Rugosana DeLong, 1942: transcontinental

Identification

Nymphs have very long antennae and capitate setae (hairs that enlarge towards the tip)

Range

New World; in our area, most diverse in the southwest

Remarks

U.S. records of Chloronana and Darma in (1) are almost certainly in error.

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

2.	A monographic study of the North American species of the subfamily Gyponinae (Homoptera‒Cicadellidae) exclusive of Xerophloea DeLong D.M. 1942. Ohio State U., Columbus. xiv+187 pp.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 May, 2006 - 12:31am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, anitagould, kschnei, John Schneider, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 30 September, 2023 - 1:15pm

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