Balclutha sternalis (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 : 527-528

Balclutha sternalis (Distant)

( Fig. 21 ; Plate 2, F–G)

Empoanara sternalis Distant, 1918: 107

Balclutha sternalis (Distant) , Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 67, 18–26; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750 Balclutha longa Kuoh, 1987: 128 , synonymised by Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 67

Material examined. China: 1 male, 3 females, Zhejiang Prov., Deqing County, 22.vii.2005, Coll. Duan Yani; 6 males, 6 females, Hubei Prov., 25~ 28.vii.2001, Coll. Huang Min & Zhang Guiling; 1 male, 9 females, Hunan Prov., Mt. Shao, 28.vii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin; 1 male, 1 female, Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dinghu, 18~ 19.vi.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, 1 female, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Huaping County, Ankouping Township, 1.viii.2006, Coll. Lu Lin; 21 males, 34 females, Hainan Prov., Mt. Diaoluo, 29~ 31.v. 2007, 944m, Coll. Duan Yani; 3 males, 2 females, Sichuan Prov., Batang County, Zhubalong Township, 12.vii.2001, 2550m, Coll. Sun Qiang; 5 males, 5 females, Yunnan Prov., Tengchong County, 5.viii.2005, 2173m, Coll. Li Meng; 2 males, 2 females, Shaanxi Prov., Qingling Station, 8.v.1998, Coll. Xiang Chenglong & Ma Ning; 1 male, Gansu Prov., Yangba County, 1.viii.2004, Coll. Lu Lin (light trapped) (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu), Russia, India.

Remarks. See remarks under B. versicolor .

Figures

FIGURE 21. Balclutha sternalis (Distant) A – B. head and thorax, dorsal view; C – D. pygophore, lateral view; E. valvae, subgenital plate, style; F. connective, ventral view; G. aedeagus, ventral view.