Empoasca (Okubasca) Dworakowska, 1982

Liu, Yang, Qin, Dao-Zheng, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin, 2011, Review of Empoasca (Okubasca) Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), first record from China and description of two new species, Zootaxa 3101, pp. 59-64 : 60

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.203489

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190597

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scientific name

Empoasca (Okubasca) Dworakowska, 1982
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Empoasca (Okubasca) Dworakowska, 1982 View in CoL

Empoasca (Okubasca Dworakowska, 1982: 53) View in CoL

Type species. Empoasca okubella Matsumura, 1931 , by original designation

Remarks. The subgenus is primarily characterized by its pygofer lobe having additional rigid microsetae at the ventral margin; pygofer ventral appendage short, subgenital plate apex strongly tapered, group B setae continuous from near base to apex, group A not differentiated, aedeagal shaft long relative to preatrium, plate apex fuscous ( Dworakowska, 1982; Southern, 1982). Empoasca (Okubasca) previously included only the type species, E. okubella Matsumura , from Japan.

Distribution. China (Yunnan and Zhejiang Provinces), Japan.

Key to species of Empoasca (Okubasca Dworakowska) View in CoL (3)

1. Aedeagal shaft with minute transverse ribs dorsally near base ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 7 – 18 ); in ventral aspect, shaft smooth subapically, without lateral teeth ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 7 – 18 ); anal tube appendage straight ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 7 – 18 ).......................... E. (O.) calvata Qin & Liu View in CoL sp. nov.

- Aedeagus shaft without minute transverse ribs dorsally near base ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 19 – 30 ); in ventral aspect, shaft with lateral teeth subapically ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 19 – 30 ); anal tube appendage curved apically ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 19 – 30 )................................................... 2

2. Anal tube appendage curved caudad apically ( Figs. 21, 24 View FIGURES 19 – 30 ); aedeagus with preatrium weakly developed, shaft broadest at base ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 19 – 30 )............................................................... E. (O.) dianella Qin & Zhang View in CoL sp. nov.

- Anal tube appendage curved baso-cephalad apically ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1 – 6 ); aedeagus with preatrium nearly as long as shaft, shaft broadest in middle ( Figs. 2, 3 View FIGURES 1 – 6 )............................................................... E. (O.) okubella Matsumura View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Empoasca

Loc

Empoasca (Okubasca) Dworakowska, 1982

Liu, Yang, Qin, Dao-Zheng, Fletcher, Murray J. & Zhang, Ya-Lin 2011
2011
Loc

Empoasca

Dworakowska 1982: 53
1982
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