Species Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar, 1903)

Balclutha rubrostriata Melichar

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Balclutha rubrostriata Melichar

© Copyright Murray Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute.

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gnathodus rubrostriatus Melichar, L. 1903. Homopteren-Fauna von Ceylon. Berlin: Felix L. Dames. 248 pp. [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (Dr Uzel), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• Gnathodus rubrotinctus Melichar, L. 1905. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Homopterenfauna Deutsch-Öst-Africas. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 24: 279-304 [304].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Tanganyika.
• Nesosteles sanguinescens Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [344].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BPBM ♀ (coll.: vi.1904), Brisbane, Queensland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knight, W.J. 1987. Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region. Journal of Natural History 21: 1173-1224 [1211].
• Nesosteles sordidior Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [344].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BPBM ♀ (coll.: vi.1904), Brisbane, Queensland.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knight, W.J. 1987. Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region. Journal of Natural History 21: 1173-1224 [1211].
• Balclutha rubrovittata Matsumura, S. 1914. Die Jassinen und einige neue Acocephalinen Japans. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, Sapporo 5: 165-240 [168].

  Type data:

   Lectotype EIHU ♂ (coll.: 7.vii.1906, Matsumura), Koshun, Taiwan.
• Typhlocyba rubrostriata Distant, W.L. 1918. Rhynchota. Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma 7(i-viii): 1-210 [102].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀ (coll.: T.V. Campbell), Chikkabalapura, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knight, W.J. 1987. Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region. Journal of Natural History 21: 1173-1224 [1211].
• Typhlocyba rufuscula Distant, W.L. 1918. Rhynchota. Homoptera: Appendix. Heteroptera: Addenda. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma 7(i-viii): 1-210 [103].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH abdomen missing, Calcutta, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knight, W.J. 1987. Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region. Journal of Natural History 21: 1173-1224 [1212].
• Agellus rufofasciata Merino, G. 1936. Philippine Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science 61: 307-400 [381].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Philippines.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Linnavuori, R.E. 1975. Homoptera : Cicadellidae, Supplement. Insects of Micronesia 6(9): 611-632 [629] (synonymy of B. rubrovittata , A. rufofasciatus)
• Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [120] (synonymy of N. sanguinescens, N. sordidior)
• Knight, W.J. 1987. Leafhoppers of the grass-feeding genus Balclutha (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) in the Pacific region. Journal of Natural History 21: 1173-1224 [1211] (synonymy of G. rubrotinctus, T. rubrostriata, T. rufuscula)

Generic Combinations

• Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar, 1903). —
  Linnavuori, R.E. 1975. Homoptera : Cicadellidae, Supplement. Insects of Micronesia 6(9): 611-632 [629]

Introduction

This rosy coloured leafhopper is found in coastal and inland localities of New South Wales and Queensland as well as in the top end of the Northern Territory. A record from Western Australia is also known but its precise locality within that state is uncertain. The species is widespread overseas and is also found on Christmas Island.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder (associated flora: Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Saccharum sp. [POACEAE] (sugarcane)).

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