Ballana (leafhopper)

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Deltocephalinae
Tribe: Cochlorhinini
Genus: Gloridonus
Subgenus: Ballana
DeLong, 1936

Ballana is a subgenus of Gloridonus in the leafhopper family Cicadellidae. There are at least 50 described species in Ballana. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These species are members of the Ballana subgenus:

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References

  1. Hamilton, K.G. Andrew (2014). "Extraordinary Endemism: The Nearctic Leafhoppers of Gloridonus Ball and Ballana DeLong (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 87 (2): 111–204. doi:10.2317/JKES121219.1. S2CID   86231899.
  2. "Ballana Subgenus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  3. Zahniser, James N. "Deltocephalinae".
  4. "Ballana". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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