Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum)

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 saltuella (Kirschbaum)

( Fig. 20 ; Plate 2, E)

Jassus (Thamnotettix) saltuella Kirschbaum, 1868: 86

Balclutha fuscomaculatus Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 753 , Figs. 14–20 . syn. nov. See Knight (1987) for full synonymy.

Material examined. 115 males, 93 females, Coll. Zhang Yalin, throughout China (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Yunnan), Northern America, S. & C. America, Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, India, Russia, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia.

Remarks. Balclutha fuscomaculatus (Dai, Li & Chen, 2004) is here treated as a junior synonym of B. saltuella , according to the same shape of the styli, connective and aedeagus, although the head is slightly narrower than the pronotum in the figures.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Balclutha parapunctata Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 15. Balclutha punctata (Fabricius) complex A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D – F. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 16. Balclutha rieki Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, posterior view; F. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 17. Balclutha rosea (Scott) 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.

FIGURE 18. Balclutha rubrinervis (Matsumura) A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

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.

FIGURE 20. Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum) A. head and thorax, dorsal view); B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style and connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.