Balclutha bispinosa 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 : 510

Balclutha bispinosa Webb & Vilbaste

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Balclutha bispinosa Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 62 , Figs. 168–174; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 749

Distribution. China ( Taiwan), Nepal, India.

Remarks. Specimens of this species were not available for study. It was recorded, without figures, from China ( Taiwan) by Dai, Li & Chen (2004). The species can be distinguished by the following features: pygophore extended and tapered posteriorly with pair of small dorsoposterior processes; stem of connective equal to arms in length; aedeagus with basal apodeme expanded, shaft slightly sinuate.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Balclutha bispinosa Webb & Vilbaste (reproduced from Webb & Vilbaste, 1994) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C – D. aedeagus, lateral view and ventral view; E. valvae, subgenital plate, dorsal view; F. connective, ventral view; G. style, ventral view.