Balclutha alstoni Knight

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 : 505-507

Balclutha alstoni Knight , n. rec.

( Fig. 1 ; Plate 1, A)

Balclutha alstoni Knight, 1987: 1199 , Figs. 93–99; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 60, Figs. 154–159 PLATE 1. A. Balclutha alstoni Knight ; B. Balclutha bifasciata (Merino) ; C. Balclutha bidentifurcata Lu & Zhang; D. Balclutha cheesmanae Knight ; E. Balclutha incisa (Matsumura) ; F. Balclutha kuroiwae Matsumura ; G. Balclutha lucida (Butler) ; H. Balclutha noonadana Knight ; I. Balclutha paralucida Lu & Zhang; J. Balclutha parapunctata Lu & Zhang; K. Balclutha punctata (Fabricius) complex; L. Balclutha rieki Knight.

Material examined. China: 2 males, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Shiwandashan Mountain, 29.xi.2001, Coll. Wang Zongqing (NWAFU).

Distribution. China (Guangxi), Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the characters of pronotum and scutellum with a medial and two lateral longitudinal stramineous to red bands; aedeagus simple, shaft slender, curving dorsally with apex turned anteriorly, base slightly broad.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Balclutha alstoni Knight, n. rec. A. head and thorax, dorsal view; B. pygophore, lateral view; C. aedeagus, ventral view; D. valve, subgenital plate, connective and style; E. connective, ventral view; F. aeadeagus, lateral view.