Review of the Grass Feeding Leafhopper Genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China
Author
Lu, Lin
Author
Zhang, Yalin
Author
Webb, M. D.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3691
5
501
537
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3691.5.1
71a0858b-3da6-483d-9b34-f7365f6625ed
1175-5326
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Balclutha bifasciata
(Merino)
, n. rec.
(
Fig. 3
; Plate 1, B)
Agellus bifasciatus
Merino, 1936: 383
Balclutha bifasciata
Knight, 1987: 1193
, Figs. 58–62; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 61, Figs. 83–90
Material examined.
China
:
1 female
,
Fujian Prov.
, Xiamen City,
27.xi.1974
, Coll. Li Fasheng;
1 male
,
Guangdong Prov.
, Shenzhen City,
vii.1986
, Coll. Zhang Yalin;
1 male
,
Guangxi Autonomous Region
, Mt. Shiwandashan,
29.xi.2001
, Coll. Wang Zongqing;
19 males
,
26 females
,
Hainan Prov.
, Mt. Jianfengling,
18.v.1983
, Coll. Zhang Yalin;
1 male
,
3 females
,
Yunnan Prov.
, Mengla County,
28.viii.2005
, Coll. Li Meng (NWAFU).
Distribution.
China
(Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan),
India
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
,
Philippines
, Caroline
Island
, New
Guinea
,
Indonesia
,
Australia
, Melanesia, Pacific Islands.
FIGURE 3.
Balclutha bifasciata
(Merino)
,
n. rec.
A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.
Remarks.
This species can be distinguished by the following features: coloration pale yellow to stramineous with narrow orange or reddish brown stripe medially over vertex, pronotum and scutellum; head slightly broader than pronotum; aedeagus simple, G-shaped, with base enlarged laterally and rectangular; shaft elongate, tapered, curving strongly dorsally and then anteriorly.