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Genus
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Walsh
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF22FD438F7CFC96" box="[151,262,746,769]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Empoasca</emphasis>
(
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)
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: 149.
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species
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFE93FCA38FC6FCB6" box="[294,444,778,801]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">E. viridescens</emphasis>
Walsh
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(a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFD19FCA38D22FCB6" box="[684,856,778,801]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Tettigonia fabae</emphasis>
Harris
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) Synonyms:
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFEA0FC838FCAFCD6" box="[277,432,810,833]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Asymmetrasca</emphasis>
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: 51
</taxonomicName>
;
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: 275
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF22FCE38F6FFCF6" box="[151,277,842,865]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Sabourasca</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFEAEFCE38C18FCF6" author="Ramakrishnan" box="[283,610,842,865]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Ramakrishnan, U. &amp; Menon, M. G. R. (1972) Studies on Indian Typhlocybinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). 3. Three new genera with four new species of Typhlocybini. Oriental Insects, 6 (2), 183 - 192." type="journal article" year="1972">Ramakrishnan &amp; Menon 1972</bibRefCitation>
: 183
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;
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: 283
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF22FCC38F7FFC16" box="[151,261,874,897]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Solanasca</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFEBEFCC38FEFFC16" author="Ghauri" box="[267,405,874,897]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Ghauri, M. S. K. (1974) The solana - group of Empoasca Walsh (Homoptera, Cicadelloidea): its generic status and a new species from pawpaw. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 63, 425 - 429." type="journal article" year="1974">Ghauri 1974</bibRefCitation>
: 425
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,
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFE61FCC38C15FC15" bold="true" box="[468,623,874,898]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">new synonym</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF22FC068F6AFC5E" bold="true" box="[151,272,943,969]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Species of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFE14FC198C61FC5E" box="[417,539,944,969]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Empoasca</emphasis>
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may be distinguished from other
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by the following combination of features: head in anterior view &lt;
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taller than greatest width, lateral frontal sutures extended well dorsad of antennal pits but not to midline, ocelli well separated from eyes; crown in dorsal view with anterior and posterior margins subparallel or with anterior margin somewhat more produced, width between eyes greater than eye width, posterior margin of eye extended to posterior head margin, coronal suture not extended to crown apex; forewing with veins ScR separate from M basad of RA, inner apical cell distinctly tapered distally; hind wing vein CuA completely confluent with MP (only one large closed apical cell present); hind tibia row AV with 6 or fewer macrosetae; male pygofer lobe separated from base dorsally by membranous cleft, macrosetae absent, ventral appendage usually present; subgenital plate with or without lateral basal lamella, apex bent dorsad and compressed distally, extended beyond pygofer apex, group C macrosetae multiseriate basally and uniseriate distally, group B well differentiated, group A usually differentiated from group B, group D setae evenly distributed; connective triangular or trapezoidal, stem very short or absent, median anterior lobe absent; style usually simple without distinct preapical lobe, apex tapered, curved laterad, and bearing several small teeth, preapical setae sparse or absent; aedeagus with preatrium well developed, with or without processes, dorsal apodeme absent or poorly developed; anal tube usually with well-developed (rarely reduced and lobelike) pair of basolateral hook-like processes (anal hooks) extended ventromesad of pygofer lobe.
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF70F9838F63F9D3" bold="true" box="[197,281,1578,1604]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Notes.</emphasis>
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, by far the most speciose genus of
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, is presently poorly defined and doubtfully monophyletic. Previous authors have recognized distinctive groups of species within the genus and some of these were subsequently placed in separate genera or subgenera, but much more work, including phylogenetic analysis and improved documentation of tropical faunas will be needed before a more stable classification is possible.
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placed the North American species into four subgenera, one of which (
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFF45F94C8F4EF969" box="[240,308,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Idona</emphasis>
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) was subsequently transferred to tribe Dikranaeurini (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFC07F94C8A32F968" author="Young" box="[946,1096,1765,1791]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Young, D. A. (1952) A reclassification of Western Hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 35, 1 - 217." type="journal article" year="1952">Young 1952</bibRefCitation>
), but subsequent New World workers (including DeLong in his later papers) did not recognize subgenera. The present definition of the genus excludes
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFEE2F8998FD8F8DE" box="[343,418,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Kybos</emphasis>
Fieber
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and
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFD81F8998CBEF8DE" box="[564,708,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Distantasca</emphasis>
Dworakowska
</taxonomicName>
, treated variously by recent authors either as subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFE8DF8FC8FC9F8F9" box="[312,435,1877,1902]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Empoasca</emphasis>
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or as separate genera (cf.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFD5BF8FC8DA5F8F8" author="Dworakowska" box="[750,991,1877,1903]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Dworakowska, I. (1972) On some Oriental and Ethiopian genera of Empoascini (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 20, 25 - 34." type="journal article" year="1972">Dworakowska 1972</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFC59F8FC8BEDF8F8" author="Dworakowska" box="[1004,1431,1877,1903]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Dworakowska, I. &amp; Viraktamath, C. A. (1975) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 23, 521 - 530." type="journal article" year="1975">Dworakowska &amp; Viraktamath 1975</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512776FFDAFF22F8D38FF2F803" author="Dworakowska" box="[151,392,1914,1940]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23" refString="Dworakowska, I. (1976) Kybos Fieber, subgenus of Empoasca Walsh (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 21, 387 - 463." type="journal article" year="1976">Dworakowska 1976</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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. 1990
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,
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Muehlethaler,
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFC9EF8D28D25F803" box="[811,863,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al</emphasis>
. 2009
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). Species of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22776FFDAFBFCF8D28AE9F803" box="[1097,1171,1915,1940]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Kybos</emphasis>
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, distributed largely in the Holarctic region, are readily distinguished by the conspicuous tuft of elongate setae on a thickened preapical section of the male style and by their larger size and usually short, broad head. Species of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFF22FF318F52FF26" box="[151,296,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Distantasca</emphasis>
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, apparently restricted to the eastern Palearctic and Oriental regions, differ from
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFB4AFF318B06FF26" box="[1279,1404,152,177]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Empoasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFB4AFF318B06FF26" box="[1279,1404,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having two conspicuous tufts of very long, fine setae on the male subgenital plate.
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFB37FF148B22FF40" authority="Ghauri" authorityName="Ghauri" box="[1154,1368,189,215]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Solanasca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFB37FF148A87FF41" box="[1154,1277,189,214]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Solanasca</emphasis>
Ghauri
</taxonomicName>
(new synonym) and
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFEF1FF4B8C28FF6B" authority="Dlabola" authorityName="Dlabola" box="[324,594,226,252]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Asymmetrasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFEF1FF4B8F95FF6C" box="[324,495,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Asymmetrasca</emphasis>
Dlabola
</taxonomicName>
were originally established for two complexes of closely related species from the New and Old Worlds, respectively. Species in both groups agree substantially with the diagnosis of
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFF22FE848F69FED1" box="[151,275,301,326]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Empoasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFF22FE848F69FED1" box="[151,275,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
given above, differing from
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFDD9FE848CAAFED1" box="[620,720,301,326]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Tettigonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fabae">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFDD9FE848CAAFED1" box="[620,720,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">E. fabae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only in a few details of the male genitalia. Therefore, these two taxa are here treated as synonyms of
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFDCEFEFB8C8FFEFC" box="[635,757,338,363]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Empoasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFDCEFEFB8C8FFEFC" box="[635,757,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Although many recent authors, mostly in non-taxonomic papers, have continued to recognize
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFDE9FED18D74FE06" box="[604,782,376,401]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Asymmetrasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFDE9FED18D74FE06" box="[604,782,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Asymmetrasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a valid genus, we follow
<bibRefCitation id="EFA94B512777FFDBFBC7FED18B06FE05" author="Dworakowska" box="[1138,1404,376,402]" pageId="3" pageNumber="23" refString="Dworakowska, I. (1971) On some genera of Empoascini (Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences. Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 18, 269 - 275." type="journal article" year="1971">Dworakowska (1971)</bibRefCitation>
in treating this taxon as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFD38FE348D7DFE21" box="[653,775,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Most species of
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFC6DFE348A29FE21" box="[984,1107,413,438]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Empoasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFC6DFE348A29FE21" box="[984,1107,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFBD1FE348A83FE21" box="[1124,1273,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">sensu stricto</emphasis>
) appear to be restricted to the New World. Moderately speciose faunas are also known to occur in tropical Africa and Asia but relatively few species of
<taxonomicName id="4C384D232777FFDBFE5DFE418C18FD96" box="[488,610,488,513]" class="Insecta" family="Cicadellidae" genus="Empoasca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFE5DFE418C18FD96" box="[488,610,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Empoasca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B94CEAB22777FFDBFDC1FE418CE8FD96" box="[628,658,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">s.s</emphasis>
.) are recorded from the Palaearctic region.
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