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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) » Iassinae » Gyponini » Gyponana

Genus Gyponana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

CASTYPE 13893 - Gyponana angulata - 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

Genus Gyponana

Explanation of Names

Gyponana Ball 1920

Numbers

~50 spp. in our area(1)

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

Females usually do not have distinct pregenital sternites, although some do. It is a good practice to take ventral photos of any leafhopper for identification when possible.

Range

widely dist. - Canada to South America

Life Cycle

Click to view the life cycle:

Remarks

Very few species are readily identifiable based on external characters. The status of some species is in flux. There may be a number of cryptic species indistinguishable by male genitalia. Collecting is crucial for positive ID. Many submissions have been moved to species tentatively in the past. This will likely change as more vouchers are supplied and a better understanding of the genus is available. Please do not make photo-based IDs without expert input, except for the following species:

Gyponana gladia

Gyponana elongata

Gyponana octolineata

Gyponana procera

Gyponana tenella (for Florida specimens only)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 September, 2004 - 8:26pm
Additional contributions by anitagould, Mike Quinn, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, ceiseman, v belov, antarctica
Last updated 20 March, 2022 - 2:45pm

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