Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori

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 : 532-533

Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori

( Fig. 25 ; Plate 2, K)

Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori, 1960: 336 ; Knight, 1987: 1193, Figs. 63–68; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 68, Figs. 139–146; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750

Material examined. China: 2 males, Fujian Prov., Mt. Wuyi, 20.viii.2002, Coll. Sun Qinxia; 6 males, 9 females, Hunan Prov., Mt. Heng, 8~ 11.viii.1985; 1 male, Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dinghu, 17.vii.1985, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, 1 female, Guizhou Prov., Xiaokong County, 17.ix. 2005, 740m, Coll. Yang Zhaofu; 1 male, 1 female, Shaanxi Prov., Dali County, 4.ix.1980, Coll. Liu Shaoyou (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou, Shaanxi), Nepal, Micronesia, Malaysia, Caroline Islands.

Host: Black bean.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: pronotum with three pale green longitudinal bands; aedeagal base expanded, shaft strongly curved at nearly right angle at midlength; female pregenital sternite (7th abdominal segment) with apex arcuately emarginate medially and ovipositor not exceeding pygophore.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. style, ventral view; C. pygophore, lateral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; E. female, apex of abdomen; F – G. aedeagus, dorsal and lateral view.