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Genus

Empoasca Walsh, 1862

Pygofer, lateral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Aedeagus, posteroventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Connective. (Observation).
Head on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Head dorsum. (Observation).
Other on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Head, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, ventral view on Empoasca Walsh, 1862 ebus: Stylus, ventral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Empoasca Walsh, 1862a: 149.

    type species by subsequent designation Empoasca viridescens Walsh, 1862 in Distant, 1908g: 401

  • Empoasca Walsh, 1862 (classified as Typhlocybidae Kirschbaum, 1868) in Dlabola, 1958c: 52.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Distant, W.L. (1908g) Rhynchota. IV. Homoptera and appendix (Pt.). In The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–419. [XV + 501 pp.]
  • Dlabola, J. (1958c) A reclassification of palaearctic Typhlocybinae (Homopt., Auchenorrh.). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae, 55(1), 44–57. [in Czech]
  • Walsh, B.D. (1862a) Fire blight. Two new foes of the apple and pear. Prairie Farmer. (N.S.)., 10, 147–149.

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Empoasca Walsh, 1862

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Empoa + Greek: ασκός (bag, bag-shaped)

Image matrix

No descendants observations found

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Subgenus201315
Species5103485