Balclutha incisa ( Matsumura, 1902 )

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 257-273 : 259

Balclutha incisa ( Matsumura, 1902)

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Gnathodus incisa Matsumura, 1902: 360 .

Balclutha indica Pruthi, 1930: 48 (Eugnathodus) , India. SynOnymised by Knight, 1987: 1206.

Balclutha incisa, Knight, 1987: 1206 , Figs. 138–145; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 72, Figs. 10–17; Chiang, 1996: 67, Fig. 3 ; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 749.

FOr additiOnal synOnyms, see Knight (1987).

Material examined. 3♂, 2♀, Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Naran , 2406m, 4 August 2016, Hassan Naveed ; 2♂, 1♀, Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Neelum Valley , 1615m, 4 June 2016, Hassan Naveed ; 7♂, 16♀, Punjab Province: Lahore City, July 2016, Hassan Naveed ; 3♀, Punjab Province: Ahmad Pur Sial, Hassan Naveed ; 1♂, 6♀, Punjab Province: Lalian City, 22 May 2016, Hassan Naveed ; 68♂, 200♀, Punjab Province: Jhang City, 11 June 2016, Hassan Naveed ; 2♂, 4♀, Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Mansehra, 2 August 2016, Hassan Naveed.

Distribution. Worldwide.

Remarks. B. incisa can be distinguished from other species by the aedeagus, which has three or more pairs of processes and is broad basally.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Balclutha incisa (Matsumura) A. head, prOnOtum and mesOnOtum, dOrsal view; B. genital capsule, lateral view; C. apex Of pygOfer appendage, lateral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, style and cOnnective, ventral view; E. aedeagus, lateral view; Balclutha punctata (Fabricius) F. head, prOnOtum and mesOnOtum, dOrsal view; G. pygOfer, lateral view; H. valve, subgenital plate, style and cOnnective, ventral view; I –K. aedeagus, lateral view (reprOduced frOm Lu et. al., 2013)

FIGURE 3. Balclutha pararubrostriata RaO & Ramakrishnan n. rec. A. genital capsule, lateral view; B. pygOfer appendage, lateral view; C. cOnnective, dOrsal view; D. aedeagus, dOrsal view; E. aedeagus, lateral view; F. valve, subgenital plate and style, dOrsal view; G. pygOfer appendage, ventral view.