Empoascini

Catalano, María Inés, Paradell, Susana L. & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2014, Review of the genera Paulomanus Young, 1952 and Beamerana Young, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) with description of a new species from Argentina, Zootaxa 3802 (2), pp. 285-291 : 286

Key to genera of Neotropical Empoascini

1. Ocelli and lorum absent; forewing with inner apical cell parallel-sided through most of length; hind femur macrosetal formula 2+1................................................................................................ 2

- Ocelli and lorum well developed; forewing with inner apical cell distinctly tapered in distal 2/3; hind femur macrosetal for- mula 2+1+1......................................................................................... 3

2. Aedeagus with two pairs of symmetrical, elongate distal processes, without spicules or scalelike microsculpture................................................................................................ Paulomanus Young

- Aedeagus without symmetrical, elongate distal processes, usually with numerous spicules and/or scalelike microsculpture......................................................................................... Beamerana Young

3. Hind wing with apex of vein RP free, connected to MA by crossvein............................................. 4

- Hind wing with apex of vein RP confluent with MA distally, r-m crossvein absent..................... Empoasca Walsh

4. Style elongate, slender, gradually curved laterally or caliperate near apex............................. Joruma McAtee

- Style short, broad, strongly bent mesad apically................................................ Neojoruma Young