Balclutha rieki Knight

Lu, Lin, Zhang, Yalin & Webb, M. D., 2013, Review of the Grass Feeding Leafhopper Genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, Zootaxa 3691 (5), pp. 501-537 : 522-523

Balclutha rieki Knight , n. rec.

( Fig. 16 ; Plate 1, L)

Balclutha rieki Knight, 1987: 1195 , Figs. 69–74; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 65, Figs. 91–96

Material examined. China: 1 male, Fujian Prov., Zhangpu County, 28.viii. 2005, 400m, Coll. Yang Meixia; 2 males, 1 female, Guangdong Prov., Shenzhen City, vii.1986, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, Guangdong Prov., Zengcheng County, 12.xi.2005, Coll. Li Jun (GDEI); 8 males, 9 females, Hainan Prov., Yacheng County, 9.vi.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan), New Zealand, New Guinea, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia.

Remarks. This species is similar to B. saltuella , but can be distinguished from the latter by the five longitudinal brown bands on the pronotum and the bifurcated aedeagus apex. This species resembles B. rosea except that the pronotal bands are brown, not orange, and the shape of the aedeagus is different.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Balclutha rieki Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, posterior view; F. aedeagus, lateral view.