Nesoclutha concavipenis, Zhang, Yalin & Lu, Lin, 2011

Zhang, Yalin & Lu, Lin, 2011, Taxonomy of the vector leafhopper genus Nesoclutha Evans (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2763, pp. 61-65 : 62-63

Nesoclutha concavipenis sp. nov.

Distribution: China.

Nesoclutha concolor Logvinenko

Nesoclutha concolor Logvinenko, 1977: 66 , fig. 5, 1–3 Distribution: Azerbaijan.

Nesoclutha declivata (Linnavuori)

Irinula declivata Linnavuori, 1960: 332 , fig. 49, c–h Distribution: Southwest Caroline Island.

Nesoclutha erythrocephala (Ferrari)

Cicadula erythrocephala, Ferrari, 1882: 118 .

Irinula erythrocephala, Ribaut, 1948: 58 ; Ribaut, 1952: 62, figs 84–87; Linnavuori, 1960: 332, fig. 49, a–b Nesoclutha erythrocephala, Theron, 1982: 23 , figs 54–59. Irinula flava Lindberg, 1958: 158 , synonymised by Theron, 1982: 23 Distribution: China (Hainan, Taiwan), South Europe, Turkey, Caucasia, Iran, Japan, Bonin Island, South Africa.

Nesoclutha phryne (Kirkaldy)

Nesosteles phryne Kirkaldy, 1907: 66

Eusceloscopus pallidus Evans 1942: 147

Nesoclutha obscura Evans, 1947: 126 , fig.1, a–c, synonymised by Evans, 1966: 252 Nesoclutha pallida, Evans, 1966: 252 ; Knight, 1975: 198, figs16–17; Day & Fletcher, 1994: 1220

Distribution. China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia (Java), New Caledonia.

Note. This name was synonymised with N. pallida (Evans) by Day & Fletcher (1994). They suggested that the widespread use of N. pallida , particularly in relation to its disease transmission in economic plants, justified an application to the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for preservation of the younger name over N. phryne . However, no submission was subsequently made (M.J. Fletcher, personal communication, 2010) and Nesosteles phryne Kirkaldy as the senior synonym of N. pallida still has priority.