Balclutha thea (Distant)

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 : 529-530

Balclutha thea (Distant)

( Fig. 22 ; Plate 2, I)

Empoasca thea Distant, 1910: 196

Balclutha smaragdula Matsumura, 1914: 67 ; Knight, 1987: 1197, Figs. 87–92 Balclutha viridis Pruthi, 1930: 46

Balclutha thea, Knight & Webb, 1993: 45 ; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 68, Figs. 97–103; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750 Material examined. China: 2 females, Fujian Prov., Putian County, 11.x.1975; 45 males, 45 females, Hainan Prov., Xinglong Township, 23~ 28.iv.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 3 males, 12 females, Hainan Prov., Liangyuan County, 30.v.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin (light trapped) (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan), Indonesia, India, Philippines, Bangladesh, S. & E. Asia. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: head slightly narrower than pronotum and distinctly longer medially; subgenital plates with large process on outer lateral margin.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view; E. pygophore, posterior view.