Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste

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 : 528

Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste , n. rec.

( Fig. 22 ; Plate 2, H)

Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 68 , Figs. 108–113

Material examined. China: 1 male, Hainan Prov., Xinglong County, 26.iv.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin (light trapped) (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Hainan), Thailand.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the axe-shaped apex of the pygophore appendage and the female pregenital sternite (7th abdominal segment) apex concave deeply along its midline to form a distinctive slender notch.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view; E. pygophore, posterior view.