A new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Balclutha (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China with key to species
Author
Sun, Jing
Author
Zhang, Yalin
Author
Lu, Lin
Author
Webb, M. D.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-04
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journal article
27592
10.11646/zootaxa.4551.4.10
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1175-5326
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Balclutha sinuata
Webb & Vilbaste
, new record
(
Fig. 2
)
Balclutha sinuata
, 1994: 66
, figs 175–176
Diagnosis.
Body greenish. Head and thorax faintly marked stramineous. External characters as in
B. bispinosa
(
Webb & Vilbaste, 1994
)
.
Description from
Webb & Vilbaste (1994)
Male genitalia. Pygofer tapered posteriorly to acute process and produced moderately posteriorly with a small process dorsally. Valve broad, triangular. Subgenital plate with basal lobe-like area elongate, distal finger-like area very short; small dorsal sclerotized lobe basally. Style lateral lobe elongate. Connective with stem similar in length to arms. Aedeagus with broad socle and strongly sinuate elongate shaft in lateral view.
Material examined
.
4 males
,
Tibet Autonomous Region
,
Linzhi County
,
Pailong Country
,
26.vii.2013
,
Coll. Wang Yang
(
NWAFU
).
Distribution
:
China
(
Tibet
);
Nepal
.
Remarks.
This
species is similar to
B. bispinosa
,
but differs from the latter in having the pygofer more elongate and aedeagal shaft strongly sinuate in lateral view
.