Genus Empherium gen. nov.

Type species. Empherium rasnitsyni sp. nov.

Etymology. Named after a derivative form of the type genus Empheria . Gender: masculine.

Diagnosis. Macropterous. Head with dorsal suture; ocelli present; antennae 25-segmented (23 flagellomeres), last segment being diminutive; sensillum present on middle of second palpomere. Forewing densely setose, setae arranged on either sides of veins and dispersed in some areas of membrane (e. g., pterostigma cell and anal region); branching of M 1 and M 2 basal to branching of R 2+3 and R 4+5, branches of M long; areola postica relatively short; nodulus absent. Hind wing with Sc free; basi-radial cell present; stems of R and M fused in a short segment before vein R 1 emerging from common stem R+M; veins Rs and M bifurcated; CuA simple. Tarsi three-segmented, basal tarsomere with two rows of four spines, pretarsal claw with pulvillus and without preapical tooth. Female subgenital plate tapering apically.