Empoasca (Empoasca) apibicruris, 2011

Liu, Y., Qin, D. Z., Fletcher, M. J. & Zhang, Y. L., 2011, Four new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) and one new record from China, Zootaxa 3070 (1), pp. 29-39 : 30

Empoasca albipennis species group

The following three species: E. (E.) albipennis Dworakowska, 1977 , E. (E.) apibicruris Liu , sp. nov. and E. (E.) dymarka Dworakowska, 1984 , new record for China, are placed in the above species group, as defined by Liu et al. (2011). It is primarily characterized by: aedeagus with two pairs of appendages, one arising from base of shaft and other from shaft apex.