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Subfamily Iassinae

Leafhopper - Iassus lanio - male adult lateral - Penestragania robusta - male unknown Cicadellid ? - Momoria magna IMG_0780 - Gypona melanota - male Gyponana Sp. ? - Gyponana leafhopper - Ponana pectoralis Leafhopper - Prairiana Edged-vein Hopper - Curtara insularis
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Iassinae Walker, 1869
Numbers
4 tribes in our area, 12 worldwide
Batracomorphini Krishnankutty et al, 2016: old world
Bythoniini Linnavuori, 1959: neotropical
Gyponini Stål, 1870: nearctic, neotropical; adventive afrotropical and palearctic
Hoplojassini Krishnankutty et al, 2016: neotropical
Hyalojassini Evans, 1972: nearctic, neotropical, indomalayan
Iassini Walker, 1870: old world; nearctic adventive
Krisnini Evans, 1947: indomalayan, afrotropical
Lipokrisnini Krishnankutty et al, 2016: Caribbean
Platyjassini Evans, 1954: Madagascar
Reuplemmelini Evans, 1966: australasian
Selenomorphini Evans, 1974: nearctic, neotropical
Trocnadini Evans, 1947: australasian
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 16 August, 2006 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 30 September, 2023 - 1:13pm

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