Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar)

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 : 526

Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar)

( Fig. 19 ; Plate 2, D)

Material examined. 1 male, China, Fujian Prov., Mt. Wuyi, 20.viii.2002, Coll. Sun Qinxia (light trapped); 8 males, 8 females, China, Jiangxi Prov., Shangrao City, Mt. Qian, 13.viii.2002, Coll. Sun Qinxia; 1 male, 3 females, China, Hainan Prov., Lingshui County, 4.v.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin (light trapped) (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan, Taiwan), Central America, Africa, Mediterranean, India, Philippines, Australia, Caroline Islands, Polynesia.

Remarks. This species is similar to two species B. rosea and B. thaiensis in having posteroventral appendages on the pygoghore, but can be distinguished by the bifurcated apical appendages.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar) 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.