Empoasca
Creators: name: Zhang, Ya-Lin
name: Liu, Yang
name: Qin, Dao-Zheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Empoasca

description: Key to the worldwide species of Empoasca (Distantasca) (males)
1 Aedeagal shaft with appendages................................................................................................................................... 2
- Aedeagal shaft without appendages............................................................................................................................ 13
2 Aedeagal shaft with two pairs of appendages............................................................................................................... 3
- Aedeagal shaft with one pair of appendages ................................................................................................................ 4
3 Anal tube appendages with large subapical tooth (Fig. 145)................................ E. (D.) paraterminalis Qin & Zhang
- Anal tube appendages without large subapical tooth (Figs. 4, 5) ......................................... E. (D.) terminalis Distant
4 Aedeagal shaft with pair of short appendages .............................................................................................................. 5
- Aedeagal shaft with pair of long appendages ............................................................................................................... 7
5 Anal tube appendages ornamented with small teeth apically (Fig. 61) ............................ E. (D.) latava Dworakowska
- Anal tube appendages without small teeth ................................................................................................................... 6
6 Anal tube appendages with large subapical tooth (Figs. 136, 137) ....................... E. (D.) latibasis Zhang & Liu sp. n.
- Anal tube appendages smooth, without large tooth (Fig. 154) .................................. E. (D.) serratipenis Qin & Zhang
7 Aedeagal shaft appendages ornamented with small teeth apically (Figs. 121, 122) ...................................................... ......................................................................................................................... E. (D.) tuberculata Zhang & Liu sp. n.
- Aedeagal shaft appendages without small teeth apically.............................................................................................. 8
8 Aedeagal shaft and appendages equally broad in profile (Figs. 20, 22).......................... E. (D.) faciata Dworakowska
- Aedeagal shaft broader than its appendages in profile ................................................................................................. 9
9 Aedeagal shaft with a pair of small lateral extensions consisting of small tubercles (Figs. 49, 50) .............................. ......................................................................................................................................... E. (D.) rabava Dworakowska
- Aedeagal shaft without a pair of small lateral extensions .......................................................................................... 10
10 Anal tube appendages with large subapical tooth (Fig. 27)................................................ E. (D.) riora Dworakowska
- Anal tube appendages without large tooth.................................................................................................................. 11
11 Anal tube appendages smooth, without small teeth (Figs. 110, 111)............................. E. (D.) bulbosa Dworakowska
- Anal tube appendages not smooth, with small teeth (Figs. 41, 42, 55) ...................................................................... 12
12 Aedeagus appendages curved mesad at about 1/3 of their length from tip (Figs. 43, 45)..... E. (D.) tna Dworakowska
- Aedeagus appendages not curved strongly mesad (Fig. 56)........................................... E. (D.) barawa Dworakowska
13 Aedeagal shaft with lamellate lateral extensions at ventral margin (Figs. 75, 78) .......... E. (D.) rokasa Dworakowska
- Aedeagal shaft without lamellate lateral extensions................................................................................................... 14
14 Aedeagal shaft strongly expanded ventrad in profile (Figs. 100, 102), anal tube appendages finely serrated at mar- gins...................................................................................................................................... E. (D.) tiaca Dworakowska
- Aedeagal shaft only slightly expanded in profile (Figs. 86, 88), anal tube appendages smooth.................................... ........................................................................................................................................... E. (D.) atika Dworakowska
description: Published as part of Zhang, Ya-Lin, Liu, Yang & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2010, Review of Empoasca (Distantasca) Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of two new species from China, pp. 37-61 in Zootaxa 2497 on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.195726