Balclutha brownstripa Dai, Li & Chen

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 brownstripa Dai, Li & Chen

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Balclutha brownstripa Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 751 , Figs. 1–7

Description (from original description). “Vertex brownish, medial part of pronotum brown and edge yellow. Laterofrontal sutures straightly extending to ocelli, not bent at apex. Stem of connective shorter than arms, aedeagal shaft strongly curved dorsally and then directed ventrally, apex close to base.”

Distribution. China (Fujian).

Remarks. No material of this species was available for study. Type specimens are deposited in Guizhou University.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Balclutha alstoni Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. aedeagus, ventral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, connective and style; E. connective, ventral view; F. aeadeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 2. Balclutha asymmetrica Knight (reproduced from Knight, 1987) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. style, ventral view; D. aedeagus, ventral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, ventral view; E. connective, ventral view; F – G .. aeadeagus, posterior and lateral view.

FIGURE 3. Balclutha bifasciata (Merino), n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 4. Balclutha bidentifurcata Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, styli, connective, aedeagus, ventral view; D. aedeagus, ventral view; F. aedeagus, lateral view.

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.

FIGURE 6. Balclutha brownstripa Dai, Li et Chen (reproduced from Dai et al., 2004) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. aedeagus, lateral view; D. subgenital plate, ventral view; E. style, ventral view; F. connective, ventral view; G. aedeagus, posterior view.

FIGURE 7. Balclutha cheesmanae Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. face; C. pygophore, lateral view; D. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; E. aedeagus, lateral view.