Balclutha lucida (Butler)

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 : 515

Balclutha lucida (Butler)

( Fig. 11 ; Plate 1, G)

Jassus lucidus Butler, 1877: 91

Balclutha lucida, Knight, 1987: 1183 , Figs. 8–13 ; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 63, Figs. 36–43; Chiang, 1996: 64; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750

For additional synonyms, see Knight (1987).

Material examined. China: 1 female, Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Baishanzu, 13.viii. 2003, 567m, Coll. Dai Wu (light trapped); 1 male, Fujian Prov., Mt. Wuyi, 20.viii.2002, Coll. Sun Qinxia; 5 males, 2 females, Guangdong Prov., Dianbai County, 8.iv.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 3 males, 1 female, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Shiwandashan, 29~ 30.xi.2001, Coll. He Zhiqiang; 23 males, 46 females, Hainan Prov., Mt. Bawangling, 25.v.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 2 females, Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, 1.vii. 2005, 660m, Coll. Li Meng; 1 female, Shaanxi Prov., Yangling County, 9.viii.1964, Coll. Rice Groups (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Shaanxi, Taiwan), N. America, C. & S. America, W. Indies, E. Africa, Ceylon, Japan, Micronesia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Melanesia, New Zealand, Polynesia.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: aedeagal shaft abruptly curved dorsally and then anteriorly, middle section nearly straight; female with apical margin of pregenital abdominal sternite convex.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Balclutha clockstripa Dai, Li et Chen (reproduced from Dai et al., 2004) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. aedeagus, lateral view; D. subgenital plate, ventral view; E. connective, ventral view; F. style, ventral view.

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.

FIGURE 10. Balclutha kuroiwae (Matsumura) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. subgenital plate, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 11. Balclutha lucida (Butler) A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. subgenital plate, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 12. Balclutha noonadana Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.

FIGURE 13. Balclutha paralucida Lu & Zhang, sp. nov. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valvae, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.