Balclutha bifasciata (Merino)

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 : 508-509

Balclutha bifasciata (Merino) , n. rec.

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Agellus bifasciatus Merino, 1936: 383

Balclutha bifasciata Knight, 1987: 1193 , Figs. 58–62; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 61, Figs. 83–90

Material examined. China: 1 female, Fujian Prov., Xiamen City, 27.xi.1974, Coll. Li Fasheng; 1 male, Guangdong Prov., Shenzhen City, vii.1986, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Shiwandashan, 29.xi.2001, Coll. Wang Zongqing; 19 males, 26 females, Hainan Prov., Mt. Jianfengling, 18.v.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 1 male, 3 females, Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, 28.viii.2005, Coll. Li Meng (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Caroline Island, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, Melanesia, Pacific Islands.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: coloration pale yellow to stramineous with narrow orange or reddish brown stripe medially over vertex, pronotum and scutellum; head slightly broader than pronotum; aedeagus simple, G-shaped, with base enlarged laterally and rectangular; shaft elongate, tapered, curving strongly dorsally and then anteriorly.

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FIGURE 3. Balclutha bifasciata (Merino), n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. valve, subgenital plate, style, connective, ventral view; D. aedeagus, lateral view.