title: Review of the Grass Feeding Leafhopper Genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China.
abstract: The present paper treats 27 species and one species complex of the leafhopper genus Balclutha Kirkaldy from China, including descriptions of four new species, Balclutha bidentifurcata, B. parapunctata, B. paralucida and B. tricornis spp. nov., and gives six new records for China. One new synonymy, B. fuscoinaculatus Dai, Li & Chen, 2004, as a junior synonym of B. saltuella (Kirschbaum, 1868), is proposed. A key to males of Chinese Balclutha species, together with a checklist and figures for the species is provided.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratoty of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management, Ministn of Education, Entomological Museum of Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D006109:Poaceae / Q000469:parasitology