Neobalinae is a small
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
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, ...
trees and shrubs in the
Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeog ...
.
Genera
There are nine
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
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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