Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum)

(Fig. 20; Plate 2, E)

Jassus (Thamnotettix) saltuella Kirschbaum, 1868: 86

Balclutha fuscomaculatus Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 753, Figs. 14–20. syn. nov. See Knight (1987) for full synonymy.

Material examined. 115 males, 93 females, Coll. Zhang Yalin, throughout China (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Yunnan), Northern America, S. & C. America, Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, India, Russia, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia.

Remarks. Balclutha fuscomaculatus (Dai, Li & Chen, 2004) is here treated as a junior synonym of B. saltuella, according to the same shape of the styli, connective and aedeagus, although the head is slightly narrower than the pronotum in the figures.