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Genus Gyponana

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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
Genus Gyponana
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Gypona Germar, 1821
Explanation of Names
Gyponana Ball 1920
Numbers
~50 spp. in our area, all in the nominate subgenus(1)
Gyponana acia DeLong, 1942: OH, PA
Gyponana aculeata DeLong, 1942: western U.S. (skeptical of eastern records)
Gyponana amara DeLong, 1942: GA, IL, MO, OH
Gyponana angulata (Spångberg, 1878): central and western U.S. (southeastern records dubious)
Gyponana avara DeLong, 1942: eastern U.S., OR
Gyponana brevita DeLong, 1942: eastern and central U.S.
Gyponana cacumina DeLong, 1942: northeastern U.S. (AZ record likely in error)
Gyponana cana (Burmeister, 1839): transcontinental U.S.
Gyponana castor Hamilton, 2017: NH
Gyponana cunea DeLong, 1942: CA
Gyponana desa DeLong, 1942: UT
Gyponana elongata Ball, 1935: CA
Gyponana expanda DeLong, 1942: central and northeastern U.S.
Gyponana extenda DeLong, 1942: eastern and central U.S.
Gyponana fastiga DeLong, 1942: southeastern and central U.S.
Gyponana fimbriata DeLong, 1942: CA
Gyponana flavilineata (Fitch, 1851)
Gyponana geminata (Osborn, 1905): northeastern U.S.; transcontinental Canada
Gyponana gibbera DeLong, 1942: FL
Gyponana gladia DeLong, 1942: eastern and central U.S.; WA
Gyponana librata DeLong, 1942: OK, TX
Gyponana mali DeLong, 1942: eastern U.S. and Canada (introduced in Italy)
Gyponana morosita DeLong, 1942: KS, NH, OH, VA
Gyponana octolineata (Say, 1825): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Gyponana offula DeLong, 1942: FL, GA, MS, PA
Gyponana omani DeLong, 1942: TX; Mexico
Gyponana ortha DeLong, 1942: eastern and central U.S.; WA
Gyponana palma DeLong, 1942: AR, GA PA
Gyponana panda DeLong, 1942: central and eastern U.S.; OR
Gyponana parallela DeLong, 1942: PA, WA
Gyponana pingua DeLong, 1942: eastern U.S.; Canada
Gyponana pollex Hamilton, 2017: NH
Gyponana praelonga DeLong, 1942: FL, NH
Gyponana procera DeLong, 1942: AZ, CA, TX (eastern records dubious)
Gyponana protenta DeLong, 1942: IL, OH
Gyponana quebecensis (Provancher, 1872): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Gyponana salsa DeLong, 1942: transcontinental Canada, eastern U.S., ID, WA
Gyponana scrupulosa (Spångberg, 1878): eastern and central U.S.; WA
Gyponana serpenta DeLong, 1942: USA (NH, WI); Canada (PE, QC)
Gyponana sonora Hamilton, 1982: TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango)
Gyponana striata (Burmeister, 1839): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Gyponana tenella (Spångberg, 1878): transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Gyponana toxotes Hamilton, 1982: FL
Gyponana trigona DeLong, 1942: OH
Gyponana tubera DeLong, 1942: transcontinental U.S.; Canada (QC)
Gyponana turbina DeLong, 1942: transcontinental U.S. and Canada
Gyponana vasta DeLong, 1942: northeastern U.S.; SD
Gyponana vincula DeLong, 1942: central and eastern U.S.
Identification
"Closely related to Gypona. Vertex broad, flattened, and with the margin acutely angled with front and foliaceous. Pronotum broad, transverse, striated. Elytra rather long and narrow with many irregular reticulations; the apical portion especially is supplied with irregular reticulations." —DeLong (1942)
While females usually do not have distinct pregenital sternites, it is a good practice to take ventral photos of any leafhopper for identification. Very few species are readily identifiable based on external characters. There may be a number of cryptic species indistinguishable by male genitalia. Collecting is crucial for positive ID.
Range
Canada to South America
Life Cycle
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Remarks
The significance of floral associations is not entirely clear. Some authors have assumed host-specificity, but this does not appear to always be the case. Host associations are very much incomplete.
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)