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Habitus, dorsal view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Habitus (E. sonani Mats.). (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Habitus (E. sonani Mats.). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Subgenital plate (E. nigrobimaculata Motsch.). (Observation).
Stylus on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Stylus (E. nigrobimaculata Motsch.). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Aedeagus (E. nigrobimaculata Motsch.), lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Aedeagus (E. nigrobimaculata Motsch.), ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Connective (E. nigrobimaculata Motsch.). (Observation).
Forewing on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Forewing (E. ethiopica Dwor.). (Observation).
Hind wing on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918: Hind wing (E. ethiopica Dwor.). (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (35)

  • Empoascanara Distant, 1918b: 94.

    type species by original designation Empoascanara prima Distant, 1918

  • Empoascannara [sic] Distant, 1918 in Matsumura, 1932c: 190.
  • Vietnara Ramakrishnan & Ghauri, 1979 (subjective synonym of Empoascanara Distant, 1918) in Dworakowska, 1980d: 195.
  • Webbanara Ramakrishnan & Ghauri, 1979 (subjective synonym of Empoascanara Distant, 1918) in Dworakowska, 1980d: 195.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Matsumura, S. (1932c) The Typhlocybid-genera of the late Distant. Insecta Matsumurana, 6(4), 190–191. [1931]
  • Mahmood, S.H. (1967a) A study of the Typhlocybine genera of the Oriental region (Thailand, the Philippines and adjoining areas). Pacific Insects Monograph, 12, 1–52.
  • Ahmed, M. (1970a) Studies of the genus Erythroneura Fitch (Erythroneurini: Cicadellidae) in West Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2(1), 29–42.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1977f) On some north Indian Typhlocybinae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Reichenbachia, 16(29), 283–306.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1979b) On some Erythroneurini from Vietnam (Typhlocybinae, Cicadellidae). Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava, 131, 1–50.
  • Ramakrishnan, U. & Ghauri, M.S.K. (1979b) New genera of the Empoascanara complex (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Reichenbachia, 17(24), 193–213.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1980d) Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Empoascanara Dist. (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Reichenbachia, 18(27), 189–197.

Type

type species by original designation of Empoascanara (Empoascanara) Distant, 1918

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Empoasca + after Nara or Nara-Narayana, a Hindu deity pair. The human soul Nara is the eternal companion of the Divine Narayana

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
Subgenus101718
Species880170258
Subspecies2068