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 216678 BDB43734-4378-44E0-8634-ECD231DE26AA 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.