Balclutha rosea (Scott)

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 : 523-524

Balclutha rosea (Scott)

( Fig. 17 ; Plate 2, A)

Gnathodus rosea Scott, 1876: 83

Balclutha rosea (Scott) , Knight, 1987: 1208, Figs. 146–154; Webb & Vilbastae, 1994: 65, Figs. 114–122; Chiang, 1996: 68, Fig. 4 ; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750

For full synonymy see Knight (1987).

Material examined. China: 2 males, 1 female, Jiangxi Prov., Ping County, Fanglou Township, 5.viii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin; 1 male, Hunan Prov., Mt. Zhangjiajie, 25.vii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin; 15 males, 9 females, Guangdong Prov., Dianbai County, 8~ 10.iv.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, 1 female, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Shiwandashan, 29.xi.2001, Coll. He Zhiqiang & Wang Zongqing; 27 males, 6 females, Hainan Prov., Liangyuan County, 29~ 31.v.2007, Coll. Duan Yani; 1 male, Yunnan Prov., Menghai County, 17.iv.1982, Coll. Wang Sumei & Zhou Jingruo; 1 female, Gansu Prov., Kang County, Yangba Township, 1.viii.2004, Coll. Lu Lin & Duan Yani (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Gansu, Taiwan, Hong Kong), Northern America, S. & C. America, India, Europe, Canary Island, Africa, Mediterranean, Southwest Asia, Oriental Region, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from B. alstoni and B. saltuella by the pair of hooked inner pygophore processes extending over the posterior margin laterally.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Balclutha bidentifurcata Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, styli, connective, aedeagus, ventral view; D. aedeagus, ventral view; F. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 17. Balclutha rosea (Scott) A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D. apex of pygophore appendage, lateral view; E. aedeagus, lateral view.