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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BDB43734-4378-44E0-8634-ECD231DE26AA
Balclutha alstoni
Knight
, n. rec.
(
Fig. 1
; Plate 1, A)
Balclutha alstoni
Knight, 1987: 1199
, Figs. 93–99; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 60, Figs. 154–159
PLATE 1.
A.
Balclutha alstoni
Knight
; B.
Balclutha bifasciata
(Merino)
; C.
Balclutha bidentifurcata
Lu & Zhang; D.
Balclutha cheesmanae
Knight
; E.
Balclutha incisa
(Matsumura)
; F.
Balclutha kuroiwae
Matsumura
; G.
Balclutha lucida
(Butler)
; H.
Balclutha noonadana
Knight
; I.
Balclutha paralucida
Lu & Zhang; J.
Balclutha parapunctata
Lu & Zhang; K.
Balclutha punctata
(Fabricius)
complex; L.
Balclutha rieki
Knight.
FIGURE 1.
Balclutha alstoni
Knight
,
n. rec.
A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. aedeagus, ventral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, connective and style; E. connective, ventral view; F. aeadeagus, lateral view.
Material examined.
China
:
2 males
,
Guangxi Autonomous Region
, Shiwandashan Mountain,
29.xi.2001
, Coll. Wang Zongqing (NWAFU).
Distribution.
China
(Guangxi),
Thailand
,
Philippines
,
Indonesia
.
Remarks.
This species can be distinguished by the characters of pronotum and scutellum with a medial and two lateral longitudinal stramineous to red bands; aedeagus simple, shaft slender, curving dorsally with apex turned anteriorly, base slightly broad.