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Issue: Vol. 43 No. 2: 29 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-29
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2023.43.2.3
Page range: 57-67
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Taxonomic notes on the leafhopper genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Pakistan with a new country record

Department of Forestry Protection, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, 666 Wusu street, Linan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311300, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P.R. China
Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Regions, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop Protection Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar-Pakistan
Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Crops, Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P.R. China
Auchenorrhyncha taxonomy new record Pakistan

Abstract

The leafhopper genus Balclutha Kirkaldy (Deltocephalinae: Macrostelini) is reviewed from Pakistan. Balclutha sinuata Webb & Vilbaste is recorded as a new faunal record for Pakistan. Herein we provide an updated checklist, distribution map, an identification key to the males of known Pakistani species, along with the digital illustrations of the species.

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