Studies of the Gyponinae: The Genus Acuera (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

Author Institution: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, and Department of Entomology, The University of KentuckyThe neotropical genus Acuera DeLong and Freytag is reviewed. It includes 3 new subgenera, Acuera, Tortusana, and P arcana, and 21 species as follows: A. (A.) ads per sa (Stal), A. (A.) inlustra n.sp., A. (A.) laudara n.sp., A. (A.) nigrifrons (Osborn), A. (A.) prodiga n.sp., A. (A.) culmena n.sp., A. (A.) menaca n.sp., A. (A.) incepta n.sp., A. (A.) levara n.sp., A. (P.) ultima n.sp., A. (P.) gloma n.sp., A. (P.) facera n.sp., A. (P.) patula n.sp., A. (P.) nama n.sp., A. (P.) spreta (Fowler), A. (P.) concilia n.sp., A. (P.) atitlana (Fowler), A. (P.) extaran.sp., A. (P.) mimica n.sp., A. (T.) angera n.sp., and A. (T.) fructa n.sp. A key to the subgenera and species is presented as well as illustrations of the genital structures of the known males and females