Balclutha noonadana 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 : 516

Balclutha noonadana Knight , n. rec.

( Fig. 12 ; Plate 1, H)

Balclutha noonadana Knight, 1987: 1216 , Figs. 187–193; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 63, Figs. 184–191

Material examined. China: 3 males, 5 females, Hainan Prov., Xinglong County, Coll. Zhang Yalin (NWAFU); 1 male, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Daxin County, Xialei, Township, 31.iii. 1998, 650m, Coll. Huang Fusheng (IZCAS).

Distribution. China (Hainan, Guangxi), India, Thailand, Philippines, Bismark Island.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: pygophore terminating posteriorly in pair of narrow processes; aedeagus with dorsal apodeme strongly expanded in lateral view, shaft short, slender, curving dorsally.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Balclutha noonadana Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.