Members of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Giprus Oman
live on grasses, primarily in the desert-scrub, chaparral, and
marine sand dune communities of western North America. Of 16
known species, 10 are undescribed. Recharacterization of the genus
results in exclusion of Laevicephalus incongruus Oman. Differentiation
of species is primarily dependent on...
The genus Tiaja Oman consists of eight known species of flightless
leafhoppers of the subfamily Megophthalminae found along the
western coast of North America between British Columbia and
northern Mexico. Species occurring from the San Francisco Bay
area northward are restricted to a narrow coastal zone within 1 km of...