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Tribe Gyponini

Ponana quadralaba Gyponana - Gyponana ortha - female Sharpshooter? - Gyponana Negosiana dualis lateral - Curtara insularis Leafhopper nymph - Rugosana querci Gyponana? - Rugosana Acusana sp.  - Acusana
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
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. (2)