TABLE 2. Adventive leafhopper species reported from Florida since 2001 in Redescription of Gyponana germari (Stål) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a Neotropical species recently adventive in the continental USA, with notes on its distribution, ecology, and behavior

TABLE 2. Adventive leafhopper species reported from Florida since 2001 (excluding interceptions). * = previously known from contiguous USA. SpeciesDetectedNative OriginNotes and ReferencesScaphytopius nigrinotus Caldwell2001NeotropicalHalbert 2001. First intercepted on grapefruit imported from Abaco Island, Bahamas in Ft. Pierce, FL in March 2001. State record collected from a suction trap in Felda, FL in July 2001.Curtara insularis (Caldwell)2004NeotropicalHalbert 2004 a, Zahniser & Nartey 2024, Nartey et al. 2024Diceratalebra sanguinolinea (Baker)2004NeotropicalHalbert 2004b* Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura)2007IndomalayanHalbert 2007Matsumurasca perelegans (Oman)2008NeotropicalHalbert 2008Parallaxis guzmani (Baker)2015NeotropicalHalbert 2015. First detected in interceptions on Pothos (Araceae) imported from Central America in 1983 in a greenhouse in Apopka, FL (26 specimens). Intercepted again in 1984 in a greenhouse (on Pothos) in Plymouth, FL (2 specimens). At least two additional interceptions in greenhouses from 1984-1996; all were eradicated. Establishment in Miami was confirmed by suction trap collections beginning in 2015.Graminella nigripennis (DeLong)2017NeotropicalHalbert 2017Brunerella magnifica Young2018NeotropicalHalbert 2018aXestocephalus subtessellatus Linnavuori2018NeotropicalHalbert 2018bBalclutha jafara Webb2020AfrotropicalZahniser et al. 2023* Eupteryx decemnotata Rey2021PalearcticHalbert 2021, Nance et al. 2024. First intercepted on plants from California at a discount garden center in 2009.Cumora furcata (Caldwell)2023NeotropicalHalbert 2023Gyponana germari (Stål)2023NeotropicalHalbert 2024aHamana valeka DeLong & Freytag2023NeotropicalHalbert 2024bAmrasca (Sundapteryx) biguttula (Ishida, 1913)2024IndomalayanHalbert 2024c, Esquivel et al. 2025