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Species

Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918)

Habitus, dorsal view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Dorsal. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Lateral. (Observation).
Head on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Head/Face. (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Pygofer, lateral view (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Subgenital plate (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Stylus on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Stylus (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Aedeagus, lateral view (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Aedeagus, ventral view (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Connective on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Connective (B. versicolor). (Observation).
Other on Balclutha sternalis (Distant, 1918): Labels. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (7)

  • Empoanara sternalis Distant, 1918b: 107.
  • Balclutha versicolor Vilbaste, 1968a: 145.

    Holotype; male; b3ac2c66-e391-4cf6-b6a6-2765b31b666d; deposited at: Institute of Zoology and Botany (IZBE); Maritime Territory (Primorsky Krai), Lesosechnaya, 7/IX 1961, spruce-and-fir forest, J. Vilbaste

  • Balclutha longa Kuoh, 1988 (subjective synonym of Empoanara sternalis Distant, 1918) in Webb & Vilbaste, 1994a: 67.
  • Balclutha versicolor Vilbaste, 1968 (subjective synonym of Empoanara sternalis Distant, 1918) in Webb & Vilbaste, 1994a: 67.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Distant, W.L. (1918b) Rhynchota. VII. Homoptera: appendix. Heteroptera: addenda. In A.E. Shipley & G.A.K. Marshall (Eds.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor & Francis, London. Vol. 7, pp. i-viii + 1–210.
  • Vilbaste, J. (1968a) On Homoptera Cicadinea of the Maritime Territory (Primorsky Krai). Valgus, Tallinn, 181 pp. + 14 pls. [in Russian]
  • Ghauri, M.S.K. (1971c) A new genus of Euscelinae from the Lower Himalayas, and a new species of Balclutha Kirkaldy (Homoptera, Cicadelloidea). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 61, 113–118.
  • Kuoh, C.-L. (1988a) Homoptera: Cicadelloidea. In S.-M. Zhang (Ed.). Agricultural insects, spiders, plant diseases and weeds of Xizang. Xizang People Publishing House, China. Vol. 1, pp. 107–132. [1987]
  • Knight, W.J. & Webb, M.D. (1993a) The phylogenetic relationships between virus vector and other genera of macrosteline leafhoppers, including descriptions of new taxa (Homoptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematic Entomology, 18(1), 11–55.
  • Webb, M.D. & Vilbaste, J. (1994a) Review of the leafhopper genus Balclutha Kirkaldy in the Oriental region (Insecta, Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 56, 55–87.
  • Li, J.-J., Liu, H.-H., Wu, Y.-X., Ye, L. & Huang, X.-L. (2021) A dataset on type specimens of hemipteran insects in China. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e64443
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek: στέρνον (sternum)

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