Neobalinae is a small
subfamily
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in the family
Cicadellidae (leafhoppers).
Description
Neobaline leafhoppers are often darkly coloured with fluorescent accents.
Distribution
Members of the subfamily are found feeding on
Dicotyledon
The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...
trees and shrubs in the
Neotropics.
Genera
There are nine
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
in this subfamily (not arranged into tribes).
* ''
Benala''
Oman, 1938
* ''
Calliscarta''
Stål, 1869
* ''
Chibala''
Linnavuori & DeLong, 1977
* ''
Conala''
Oman, 1938
* ''
Exolidia''
Osborn, 1923
* ''
Neobala''
Oman, 1938
* ''
Perubala''
Linnavuori, 1959
* ''
Psibala''
Kramer, 1963
* ''
Rhobala''
Kramer, 1963
References
Cicadellidae
Hemiptera subfamilies
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