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Species

Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918

Head on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).
Head on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Head, pro-, and mesothorax. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Pygofer, lateral view. (Observation).
Pygofer appendages on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Pygofer dorsal appendage. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Subgenital plate, stylus and connective. (Observation).
Stylus on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).
Connective on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Stylus and connective. (Observation).
Forewing on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Forewing. (Observation).
Hind wing on Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918: Hind wing. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (11)

  • Empoascanara prima Distant, 1918b: 94. (valid in Metcalf, 1968a: 1329)

    Holotype; female; cc015f27-a725-4807-ad45-c81a22b63034; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Chikkaballapura, South India, T.V. Campbell

  • Empoascanara prima Distant, 1918 (subjective synonym of Zygina (Typhlocyba) circumscripta Matsumura, 1910) in Matsumura, 1932c: 190.
  • Empoascanara indica Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1975 non Datta, 1969 (unavailable, linked to Empoascanara prima Distant, 1918) in Dworakowska, 1979a: 149.
  • Empoascanara (Empoascanara) prima Distant, 1918 in Dworakowska, 1992a: 114.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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.
  • Metcalf, Z.P. (1968a) General catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 17. Cicadellidae. Washington, D.C.: USDA, VII+1513 pp.
  • Ahmed, M. (1969c) Studies of the genus Zygina Fieber (Homoptera, Erythroneurini, Cicadellidae) in West Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 1(2), 157–175.
  • Datta, B. (1969a) On Indian Cicadellidae (Homoptera). I. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 182(5-6), 391–392.
  • Ramakrishnan, U. & Menon, M.G.R. (1974a) Studies on indian Typhlocybinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). 5. The tribe Erythroneurini. Oriental Insects, 8(4), 433–455.
  • Dworakowska, I. & Viraktamath, C.A. (1975a) On some Typhlocybinae from India (Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Serie des Sciences Biologiques, 23(8), 521–530.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1979a) On some Typhlocybinae from India and adjoining areas (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Reichenbachia, 17(18), 143–161.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1980c) On some species of the genus Empoascanara Dist. (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae). Reichenbachia, 18(26), 173–188.
  • Dworakowska, I. (1992a) Review of the genus Empoascanara Dist. (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 54(5), 105–120.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: first

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056