Balclutha incisa (Matsumura)

Avivar-Lozano, Laura, Pérez-Guerrero, Sergio, Reis, Fabio & Aguin-Pombo, Dora, 2024, Three leafhoppers newly recorded from the European mainland (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae), with notes on their habitats, Zootaxa 5432 (1), pp. 1-18 : 5-7

Balclutha incisa (Matsumura)

( Figs 2–5A )

Gnathodus incisus Matsumura

Balclutha breviceps Matsumura

Balclutha ogasawarensis Matsumura

Balclutha akonis Matsumura

Eugnathodus bisinuatus DeLong

Eugnathodus flavidus Naudé

Eugnathodus pallidus Osborn

Eugnathodus indica Singh-Pruthi

Eugnathodus bifurcata DeLong & Davidson

Nesosteles tutuilana Osborn

Nesosteles areolata Osborn

Eugnathodus juventus Van Duzee

Empoasca athertoni Evans

Cicadulina uniformis Metcalf

Balclutha hortensis Lindberg

Balclutha virescens Haupt

Balclutha modesta Ahmed, Murtaza & Malik

Material examined

SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Huelva: • 1 ♂; Gibraleón , ‘ San Isidro’; 97 m .a.s.l; 37°25’17”N, 7°02’32”W; 18. IX.2019; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to berries crops . • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; ibid.; 13.XII.2021; idem. leg.; idem . • 2 ♂, 3 ♀; ibid.; 11.I.2023; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♂; ibid.; 8.II.2022; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♀; Moguer , ‘ El Cebollar’; 65 m .a.s.l; 37°14’24”N, 6°48’9”W; 11.I.2022; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to berries crops . • 1 ♂, 3 ♀; Rociana del Condado, ‘ Camino del Chaparral’ ; 84 m .a.s.l; 37°16’23”N, 6°35’17”W; 13.XII.2021; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous of open-scrub near to vineyard . • 3 ♀; San Bartolomé de la Torre ; 104 m .a.s.l; 37°25’49”N, 7°04’48”W; 16.XI.2021; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to olive crops . • 1 ♀; ibid.; 11.I.2022; idem leg.; idem . Sevilla: • 2 ♂, 2 ♀; Alcalá del Río ; 11 m .a.s.l; 37°30’52”N, 5°58’03”W; 30.IX.2020; J.M. Molina leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to citrus crops . • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Cantillana ; 96 m .a.s.l; 37°38’14”N, 5°48’32”W; 29.XI.2019; L. Avivar leg.; on herbaceous vegetation near to olive crops . • 1 ♀; ibid.; 12.XII.2019; idem. leg.; idem . • 1 ♂; ibid.; 11.II.2020, idem. leg.; idem. ( Fig 1 , Hu 4, Hu 3, Hu 6, Hu 7, Se 1, Se 3) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map with species records by localities in Western Andalusia. Representative images of sampling areas.

FIGURE 2. Male adult of Balclutha incisa (Matsumura). (A) Head, pronotum and scutellum of male, dorsal view. (B–M) Male genitalia: (B) Pygofer, left lateral view; (C) Pygofer, posterior; (D) Pygofer process, ventral view; (E–F) Subgenital plate, lateral and ventral view, respectively; (G) Genital valve, dorsal view; (H) Connective, ventral view; (I) Style, left dorsal view; (J–M) Aedeagus: ventral, dorsal, lateral view. Due to damage during handling of the genitalia, the structures were drawn from a specimen from Cape Verde, collection code CV. 2010 085. Except for H and M, which belong to the specimen from Gibraleón, Huelva (Spain), 18 September 2019. Scale: 0.5 mm for A and 0.1 mm for B–M.

FIGURE 3. Adult of Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar). (A) Female forewing, right dorsal view; (B) Head, pronotum and scutellum of male, dorsal view. (C–L) Male genitalia: (C) Pygofer, left lateral dorsal view; (D) Pygofer process, dorsal view (i–ii right and iii–v left); (E) Subgenital plate, dorsal view; (F) Genital valve, dorsal view; (G–J) Aedeagus: lateral (G–H), ventral (I) and dorsal (J) views; (K) Connective, ventral view; (I) Style, right dorsal view. Specimens from Huelva and Sevilla (Spain), 15 September 2020, 13 December 2021, 13 January 2022 and 07 February 2022. Scale: 0.5 mm for A–B and 0.1 mm for C–L.

FIGURE 4. Male adult of Maiestas angustisecta (Linnavuori). (A) Head, pronotum and scutellum of male, dorsal view; (B) Head of male, ventral view. (C–J) Male genitalia: (C) Subgenital plate and genital valve, ventral view; (D) Pygofer, left lateral view; (F) Right style, dorsal view; (E) Connective, dorsal view; (G–J) Aedeagus, dorsal (G–H) and left lateral (I–J) view. Scale: 0.5 mm for A–B and 0.1 mm for C–J. (A–F and H–J) Specimens from Madeira Island and (G) Specimen from San Bartolomé de la Torre, Huelva, (Spain),11 January 2021.

FIGURE 5. Habitus of three species. (A) Female adult of Balclutha incisa (Matsumura). (B) Female adult of Cicadulina (Cicadulina) bipunctata (Melichar). Male adult of (C) Maiestas angustisecta (Linnavuori).