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.