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