Empoascanara Distant, 1918

Tan, Chao, Yuan, Xiao-Wei & Song, Yue-Hua, 2020, New species and two new records of Erythroneurini from China (Hemiptera Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), Zootaxa 4728 (2), pp. 275-282 : 276-277

Empoascanara Distant, 1918

Empoascanara Distant, 1918: 94

Type species. Empoascanara prima Distant, 1918

The following generic characteristics of Empoascanara are from the previous redescription by Song & Li (2013). Crown fore margin strongly produced and angulate medially or weakly produced, broadly rounded apically. Vertex usually with pair of dark preapical spots or with large median apical patch. Pronotum pale or almost entirely dark or with dark posterior margin. Forewing with venation of clavus obscure.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe rounded or angulate; with variously shaped dorsal appendage, movably articulated with dorsal margin or immovably fused to dorsal margin; some species with ventral appendages. Subgenital plate expanded near base, with 2–4 basal macrosetae on outer margin and with distinct marginal subbasal rigid setae forming continuous row or restricted to basolateral angle. Style apex various. Aedeagus with or without apical, subapical or basal processes. Connective nearly Y-shaped, with distinct central lobe and short arms; stem well developed, undivided or bifid.

Distribution. Oriental, Afrotropical, Australian regions and Palaearctic Region.