Leafhoppers
Austroasca Lower, 1952
Type species: Empoasca viridigrisea Paoli, 1936
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 160
Typhlocybinae: Empoascini
(after Lower 1952): The general morphological characters of the Empoasciti are shared by all its genera. Those characters which separate Austroasca from its allies are: The crown is always wide relative to the distance between its anterior and posterior margins; it is broadly, roundedly produced, the extent of the production never being great. In no known’ species is a coronal index of thirty or more found. Both male and female genitalia are heavily bristled, ensiform bristles being always present and obvious. Dorsal hooks are either vestigial or absent.
Publications
Ghauri MSK (1967): New Mango Leafhoppers from the Oriental and Austro-oriental regions (Homoptera :Cicadelloidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy. 36: 159 - 166
Lower HF (1952): A revision of the Australian species previously referred to the genus Empoasca (Cicadellidae, Homoptera).. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 76: 190 - 221