The following is a list of treehopper species within the genus Cladonota.
Subgenus Falculifera Species in this subgenus are characterized by a lack of intermediate process on the pronotum. +SpeciesAuthorityRangeLengthDescriptionSexual dimorphismImageCladonota apicalisStål, 1869Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, BrazilWhite stripe on the dorsal side of the posterior process. Two forms are known, C-shaped and ovoid.AbsentCladonota beniteziArnaud, 2004Mexico (male), (female)PresentCladonota bolivariPeláez, 1945Mexico, Costa Rica, PanamaMale unknownCladonota clavigeraStål, 1864Mexico to Costa RicaPresentCladonota luctuosaPeláez, 1945Mexico (male), (female)PresentCladonota rexEngland et al., 2020Costa RicaYellow-green saddle-shaped area between the posterior and anterior processes of the pronotum.Male unknownCladonota rothschildiFlynn, 2018Costa Rica, PanamaFemale unknownCladonota zeledoniPeláez, 1967Costa RicaPresent
Subgenus Cladonota Unlike Falculifera, the type subgenus Cladonota possesses an intermediate process on the pronotum. It is covered by the arching anterior process, which does not have a tooth-like projection on its back side.
As of 2022, it comprises 20 species.
Subgenus Lecythifera The subgenus Lecythifera is also characterized by the presence of an intermediate process of the pronotum, and by a toothless anterior process. However, unlike in Cladonota, the intermediate process is not surpassed by the anterior process. The subgenus comprises 21 known species as of 2022. All species with both male and female specimens known are sexually dimorphic, with the exception of C. plummeri.
+SpeciesAuthorityRangeLengthDescriptionSexual dimorphismImageCladonota affinisFowler, 1894Mexico, Guatemala (male)Cladonota bulbosaFlynn, 2003MexicoIntermediate process of the pronotum bears a large bulbous inflation on top, with a smaller arm extending below it towards the anterior process. Males possess a smaller top bulbous inflation, with another small inflation extending anterior to it.PresentCladonota championiFowler, 1894Mexico, Guatemala (male)PresentCladonota costaricensisFlynn, 2018Costa Rica (female)Male unknownCladonota costataBuckton, 1903Cladonota crucifixaGálvez & Flynn, 2021Cladonota falleniStål, 1862Cladonota globonegraFlynn, 2018Cladonota gonzaloiPeláez, 1945Cladonota griseaFlynn, 2018Cladonota hoffmanniPeláez, 1945Cladonota inflataFowler, 1894Cladonota locomotivaBreddin, 1901Cladonota machinulaBreddin, 1901EcuadorCladonota meteorusArnaud, 2002Cladonota orellanaFlynn, 2018Cladonota pieltainiPeláez, 1945Cladonota plummeriPeláez, 1945Cladonota robustulaFowler, 1894Cladonota siparunaStrümpel, 1973Cladonota yucatanensisFlynn, 2003
Subgenus Lobocladisca
The subgenus Lobocladisca is uniquely distinguished by a small tooth-like projection on the back side of the anterior process. Like in the subgenera Cladonota and Lecythifera, species of this subgenus all have an intermediate process on their pronotum. The subgenus comprises nine species as of 2020, many of them only known from the type specimen or the original description, and thus of uncertain validity. Conversely, Cladonota (Lobocladisca) biclavata is the most common species of the genus in all of South America.
Incertae sedis No illustration is known for Cladonota brunnea, and the type specimen, discovered in Brazil, has not been preserved. While it is possibly a genetic variation within C. apicalis, the description is considered too insufficient for assignment at the subgenus level.
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