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subgenus

Ponana (Ponana) Ball, 1920

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (8)

  • Gypona (Ponana) Ball, 1920a: 93.

    type species by original designation Gypona scarlatina Fitch, 1851

  • Ponana Ball, 1920 in Ball & Reeves, 1927a: 499.
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  • Ponana (Ponana) Ball, 1920 in DeLong, 1980c: 127.
  • Bulbana DeLong, 1942 (subjective synonym of Gypona (Ponana) Ball, 1920) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: 21.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Ball, E.D. & Reeves, J.A. (1927a) Further studies on the genus Gypona and it's allies (Rhynchota, Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 20, 488–502.
  • Ball, E.D. (1920a) A review of the species of the genus Gypona occurring in North America, north of Mexico (Homoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 13, 83–100.
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  • DeLong, D.M. (1942d) A monographic study of the North American species of the subfamily Gyponinae (Homoptera-Cicadellidae) exclusive of Xerophloea. Ohio State University, Columbus, xiv + 187 pp.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1980c) A new genus, Alapona, a new Ponana subgenus, Peranoa, and two new species of Gyponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 80(5), 217–219.
  • Gonçalves, C.C., Mejdalani, G.L.F., Dietrich, C.H. & Takiya, D.M. (2026) Phylogeny‐based generic delimitations of the diverse leafhopper tribe Gyponini, including the establishment of a new tribe of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Systematic Entomology, 51(3), 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70062
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1962b) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 3. Gyponidae. Washington, D.C., USDA, 229 pp.
  • Oman, P.W. (1949a) The Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A generic classification and check list. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 3, 1–253.

Type

type species by original designation of

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

partial anagram of Gypona

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
subgenus1056
species740111185
subspecies2079