Proceedings of ^^\ 



the United States IK-S^^ 

 National Museum ^'^^^ 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Volume 115 1964 Number 3484 



A GENERIC REVISION OF THE LEAFHOPPER SUBFAMILY 



NEOCOELIDIINAE 

 (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) 



By James P. Kramer' 



The leafhopper subfamily Neocoelidiinae was erected by Oman 

 (1943) in order to accommodate the two North American genera, 

 Neocoelidia and Paracoelidea, which had been placed in the Jassinae 

 (Deltocephalinae of modern workers) for many years. Evans (1947) 

 added the Neotropical genera Biza, Chinaia, Coelidiana, and Salvina 

 in his generic checklist of the subfamily. DeLong (1953) partially 

 revised the group, adding new genera and subgenera as well as many 

 new species. He included only one of the genera added by Evans and 

 attempted to place the Neotropical Neocoelidiinae described by Fowler 

 and Osborn with reference to the literature alone. More recently new 

 genera and species have been added by Kramer (1959, 1961, and 1962) 

 and by Kramer and Linnavuori (1959). Although our knowledge of 

 Neotropical fauna is still quite meager, it seems appropriate to synthe- 

 size the information we do have at present in order that future workers 

 may have a foundation upon which to build. 



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