Balclutha rubrinervis Matsumura
Creators: name: Lu, Lin
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Webb, M. D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Balclutha
Balclutha rubrinervis

description: Balclutha rubrinervis (Matsumura)
(Fig. 18; Plate 2, B–C)
Gnathodus rubrinervis Matsumura, 1902: 357
Gnathodus virdis Matsumura, 1902: 359. Synonymised by Knight, 1987: 1215 Gnathodus rubrinervis Osborn, 1929: 88. Synonymised by Knight, 1987: 1215 Balclutha rubrinervis, Matsumura, 1914: 165; Knight, 1987: 1215, Figs. 181–186; Webb & Vilbaste, 1994: 65, Figs. 177–181;
Chiang, 1996: 70; Dai, Li & Chen, 2004: 750
PLATE 2. A. Balclutha rosea (Scott); B–C. Balclutha rubrinervis (Matsumura); D. Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar); E. Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum); F–G. Balclutha sternalis (Distant); H. Balclutha thaiensis Webb & Vilbaste; I. Balclutha thea (Distant); J. Balclutha triconis Lu & Zhang; K. Balclutha trilineata Linnavuori; L–M. Balclutha versicolor Vilbaste; N. Balclutha viridinervis Matsumura.
Material examined. China: 3 males, 3 females, Hebei Prov., Chicheng County, Dahaituo Township, 7.viii.2006, Coll. Lu Lin; 1 male, 2 females, Shanxi Prov., Yangcheng County, Manghe Township, 24.vii.2006, Coll. Duan Yani; 4 males, 13 females, Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Wuyanling, 29.vii.2007, Coll. Zhang Xinmin; 1 male, 3 females, Anhui Prov., 2.ix.2005, 35m, Coll. Yang Meixia; 20 males, 21 females, Fujian Prov., Mt. Wuyi, Sangang County, 18.vii.2003, Coll. Duan Yani; 4 males, 6 females, Jiangxi Prov., Ping County, Fanglou Township, 5.viii.2002, Coll. Yuan Zhonglin & Sun Qinxia; 1 male, 1 female, Henan Prov., Nei County, Getiaopa Township, 14.vii.1998, 600~ 700m, Coll. Hu Jian (light trapped); 2 males, 5 females, Hubei Prov., Wufeng County, Houhe Township, 13.vii. 2006,1187m, Coll. Lu Lin; 5 males, 18 females, Hunan Prov., Chenzhou City, Mt. Mang, 23.vii ~ 18viii.1985, Coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; 2 males, 3 females, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Huaping County, 5.viii.2006, Coll. Lu Lin; 4 males, 2 females, Hainan Prov., Mt. Wuzhi, 16.v. 2007, 640m, Coll. Duan Yani; 4 males, 8 females, Yunnan Prov., 14.viii.2005, 1930m, Coll. Yangmeixia; 1 female, Xizang Autonomous Region, Tongmai County, 27.vii.1970, Coll. Li Fasheng (CAU); 15 males, 14 females, Shaanxi Prov., Mt. Louguantai, 15.xi.1983, Coll. Zhang Yalin; 3 males, Gansu Prov., Kang County, Mt. Baiyun, 29.vii.2002, Coll. Wei Cong & Yang Zhaofu (NWAFU).
Distribution. China (Hebei, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Gansu, Xizang, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Hong Kong), India, Korea, Japan, Russia.
Remarks. This species is similar to the B. punctata complex and B. cheesmanae in external morphology, but can be distinguished by the pygophore with a posterior toothlike projection and aedeagus with the basal apodeme expanded strongly.
description: Published as part of Lu, Lin, Zhang, Yalin & Webb, M. D., 2013, Review of the Grass Feeding Leafhopper Genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 501-537 in Zootaxa 3691 (5) on pages 524-526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/216678