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Tribe Gyponini

Red-eyed Leafhopper - Gyponana Leafhopper - Ponana puncticollis Gyponana Negosiana dualis Ponana rubida  - Ponana aenea Gyponana octolineata Gyponana - male CASTYPE 13893 - Gyponana hasta - male
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.
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