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Prairiana Ball, 1920

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Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (21)

  • Gypona (Prairiana) Ball, 1920a: 90.

    type species by original designation Gypona cinerea Uhler, 1877

  • Gypona (Paririana [sic]) Ball, 1920 in Ball, 1932b: 499.
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  • Sordana DeLong, 1976 (subjective synonym of Gypona (Prairiana) Ball, 1920) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: 21.
  • Sulcana DeLong & Freytag, 1966 (subjective synonym of Gypona (Prairiana) Ball, 1920) in Gonçalves, Mejdalani, Dietrich & Takiya, 2026: 21.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • 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.
  • Ball, E.D. (1932b) The food plants of the leafhoppers. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 25, 497–501.
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  • Ball, E.D. (1935c) Some new Gyponas with notes on others. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 25, 497–503.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1966b) Studies of the Gyponinae: Two new primitive genera Coelogypona and Sulcana (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 68(4), 309–313.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1972a) Studies of the Gyponinae: A key to the known genera and descriptions of five new genera. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 45(2), 218–235.
  • DeLong, D.M. & Freytag, P.H. (1976a) Studies of the world Gyponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). A synopsis of the genus Curtara. Brenesia, 7, 1–97.
  • 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. (1948b) A proposed new genus names Marganana and the allotype description of Prairiana hirsuta De L. - Gyponinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 48, 101.
  • DeLong, D.M. (1976c) A new genus, Sordana, for the “Gypona sordida” complex (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 76(2), 92–95.
  • Gonçalves, C.C. (2016) Análise filogenética de Gyponini Stål, 1870 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, xxiv + 290 pp. PhD thesis.
  • 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
  • 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 Prairiana Ball, 1920

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

English: prairie + -ana (related to)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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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
genus101213
species1730234407