Neobalinae

Range: Neotropical

Known diversity: 9 genera, 50 species.

Ecology: On trees in rainforests.

Diagnosis: Medium-sized to large leafhoppers, often with striking color patterns; crown short, ocelli on margin not far from eyes, lateral frontal sutures extended ventromesiad of ocelli, antennal ledges well developed, oblique; front tibia with accessory row of macrosetae between AD and AV; hind femur with two or more pairs of distal macrosetae; male plates large, triangular.

Similar to: Coelidiinae, Deltocephalinae.

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