Balclutha incisa (Matsumura)

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 : 512-514

Balclutha incisa (Matsumura)

( Fig. 9 ; Plate 1, E)

Material examined. China: 7 females, Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Wuyanling, 29.vii. 2006, 700m, Coll. Duan Yani; 181 males, 264 females, Fujian Prov., Guangze County, 22.vii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin & Sun Qinxia; 45 males, 38 females, Jiangxi Prov., Anfu County, 10.viii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin; 1 male, Hunan Prov., Chenzhou County, 23.vii.1985, Coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; 1 male, Guangdong Prov., Honam Island, 13.vii.1932, Coll. Diou Y.W. (ZSU); 7 males, 2 females, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Shiwandashan, 29.xi.2001, Coll. He Zhiqiang; 9 males, 6 females, Hainan Prov., Xinglong County, 23~ 28.iv.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, 1 female, Sichuan Prov., Mianning County, viii.1999, 1650m, Coll. Dworakowska; 2 males, Guizhou Prov., Huaxi County, 25.vii.2001, Coll. Sun Qiang (light trapped); 1 male, 2 females, Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, 28.viii. 2005, 660m, Coll. Li Meng (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Taiwan), and throughout the world.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the basally broad aedeagus with three or more pairs of processes in lateral view.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Balclutha incisa (Matsumura) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. apex of pygophore appendage, lateral view; D. subgenital plate, ventral view; E. aedeagus, lateral view.