The empty structure is ''disconnected'' and the definition of a tree is ''connected acyclic graph''.
For example to get from the generating series $G(t)$ of a connected species to the generating series of the set of its structures $G^*(t) F(t) $ the formula is $$ G^*(t) F(t) = \exp(G^*(t)) exp(G(t)) = 1 + \dots .$$ .. $. This '$1$' $1$ at degree zero is the empty structure.

