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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 » Ponana

Genus Ponana

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Leafhopper? - Ponana rubida Ponana puncticollis (Spandberg) - Ponana puncticollis Cicadellidae? - Ponana puncticollis Ponana pectoralis Leafhopper, Ponana sp? - Ponana quadralaba Hopper - Ponana citrina Male, Ponana? Maybe 'Arizona-type' Ponana? - Ponana aquila - male Ponana aquila
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 Ponana
Explanation of Names
Ponana Ball 1920
Numbers
25 described spp. in our area(1); there are several undescribed species in the se. US, and barcoding more specimens from the south might show additional unrecognized species. (K.G.A. Hamilton, pers.comm. to =v= 18.viii.2015)
Subgenus Bulbana
Ponana extensa (DeLong, 1942): CA
Ponana inflata (DeLong, 1942): TX
Ponana integra (DeLong, 1942): TX
Ponana pura (DeLong, 1942): TX
Subgenus Ponana
Ponana aenea DeLong, 1942: widespread throughout eastern U.S.
Ponana aquila (Gibson, 1919): AZ
Ponana cacozela (Gibson, 1919): TX
Ponana candida (Van Duzee, 1923): AZ, CA
Ponana curiata (Van Duzee, 1923): AZ
Ponana citrina (Spångberg, 1878): southeastern U.S.
Ponana dohrni (Stål, 1864): western U.S.
Ponana floridana DeLong, 1942: FL, TX
Ponana limbatipennis (Spångberg, 1878): eastern U.S.
Ponana limonea Ball & Reeves, 1927: OH
Ponana meadi DeLong & Martinson, 1980: FL
Ponana occlusa (Gibson, 1919): AZ, TX
Ponana pectoralis (Spångberg, 1878): widespread throughout eastern U.S.
Ponana puncticollis (Spångberg, 1878): widespread throughout eastern U.S.
Ponana quadralaba DeLong, 1942: widespread throughout eastern U.S. into southwest
Ponana rubida DeLong, 1942: widespread throughout eastern U.S.
Ponana rubrapuncta DeLong, 1942: FL
Ponana scarlatina (Fitch, 1851): widespread throughout eastern U.S.
Ponana sonora Ball, 1935: AZ
Ponana sparsa DeLong, 1942: FL
Remarks
Ponana modesta and Ponana pauperata seem to be missing type specimens (given current information). On BugGuide, we will not be treating them as valid species until there is clarification.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 January, 2005 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov, antarctica
Last updated 30 September, 2023 - 1:09pm

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