Balclutha pararubrostriata, Rama Subba Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, Review of the leafhopper tribe Macrostelini Kirkaldy (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4462 (2), pp. 257-273 : 262

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.8

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5957224

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD7821-FFF3-FFF2-FF3B-FD1ED814FA37

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scientific name

Balclutha pararubrostriata
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Balclutha pararubrostriata View in CoL n. rec.

Figs. 1D–G View FIGURE 1 , 3A–G View FIGURE 3

Balclutha pararubrostriata View in CoL RaO & Ramakrishnan, 1990: 106; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 64, Fig. 130.

Coloration and morphology. Yellowish brown in general colour ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum and scutellum with three longitudinal brownish bands ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Forewings with reddish or orange stripes ( Fig. 1D, F View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum with eyelike brown marking on each side ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Crown with coronal suture and markings around each ocellus brown ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Face with sutures ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ); clypeus shiny brownish with transverse brown bands ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ).

Head slightly narrower than pronotum; crown of uniform length, anterior margin broadly rounded ( Fig. 1D, F View FIGURE 1 ). Ocelli separated from eyes at a distance equal to 2-3 times own width. Pronotum with lateral margins long. Hind femur setal formula: 2+1+1.

Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe broadly rounded at posterior margin with group of macrosetae medially ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); dual hook-like pygofer appendages present at posteroventral margin ( Fig. 3A–B View FIGURE 3 ). Subgenital plate broad, triangular, convexly rounded apically ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Valve broadly triangular ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Style with apophysis long, slightly curved laterally; preapical lobe well-developed with few setae ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Connective Y-shaped with stem longer than arms, broadened apically ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Aedeagus with basal apodeme finger-like in lateral view ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); shaft slender, curved dorsad; much straighter at the midlength, curved near apex laterally; gonopore apical ( Fig. 3D–E View FIGURE 3 ).

Female genitalia. Seventh sternum deeply notched medially on posterior margin.

Material examined. 4♂♂, 8♀♀, Pakistan: Azad Jammu & Kashmir: Rawlakot, 1638m, 7 August 2017, Coll. Hassan Naveed.

Distribution. Pakistan, India.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Balclutha

Loc

Balclutha pararubrostriata

Naveed, Hassan & Zhang, Yalin 2018
2018
Loc

Balclutha pararubrostriata

RaO & Ramakrishnan, 1990 : 106
Webb & Vilbaste, 1994 : 64
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