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.