Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf)

Naveed, Hassan, Shah, Bismillah, Sohail, Kamran, Zhang, Yalin & Chen, Keping, 2023, Review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini Dallas, 1870 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species of Paramesodes, ZooKeys 1186, pp. 207-219 : 207

Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf)

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Deltocephlaus notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936: 128-129, fig. 139, pl. 9 fig. 10 (Pakistan) (primary homonym: Deltocephalus notatus Melichar, 1896); Deltocephalus pruthii Metcalf, 1967: 1173 (nom. nov. pro D. notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936); Deltocephalus (Recilia) pruthii : Dash and Viraktamath 1998: 22, 23, figs 150-158 (India); Maiestas pruthii : Webb and Viraktamath 2009: 20, new combination; Khatri and Webb 2010: 11, pl. 2a fig. 13, misidentification; Naveed et al. 2019: 286, fig. 2A-C (incorrectly cited as M. subviridis ; H. Naveed pers. comm.), Fig. 3i , misidentification; Shah et al. 2021: 406, fig. 4F-L (Pakistan).

Diagnosis.

This species has a relatively long, acute head, with a pair of inverted U-shaped markings basally, and forewings with extra cross veins. The identity of this species is based on the figures of Dash and Viraktamath (1998).

Distribution.

India, Pakistan.

Figures

Figures 12 - 29. 12 - 14 Deltocephalus vulgaris Dash & Viraktamath: 12 habitus, dorsal view 13 aedeagus and connective, dorsal view 14 aedeagus and connective, lateral view 15 - 17 D. infirmus (Melichar): 15 habitus, dorsal view 16 aedeagus and connective, dorsal view 17 aedeagus and connective, lateral view 18 Maiestas albomaculata (Dash & Viraktamath) habitus, dorsal view 19 M. maculata (Singh-Pruthi) habitus, dorsal view 20 M. indica (Singh-Pruthi) aedeagus and connective, lateral view (after Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) 21, 22 M. pruthii (Metcalf): 21 aedeagus and connective, dorsal view (after Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) 22 apex of aedeagus, lateral view 23 M. trispinosa (Dash & Viraktamath) aedeagus and connective, dorsal view 24 M. subviridis (Metcalf) aedeagus, lateral view (after Khatri & Webb, 2010) 25, 26 M. tareni (Dash & Viraktamath): 25 aedeagus and connective, lateral view 26 subgenital plate, valve and styles, dorsal view 27, 28 M. sinuata Shah & Duan: 27 aedeagus and connective, lateral view 28 subgenital plate, valve and styles, dorsal view 29 M. maculata (Singh-Pruthi) aedeagus, lateral view.

Figures 1 - 8. Paramesodes dirensis sp. nov. 1 habitus, dorsal view 2 face 3 male pygofer, lateral view 4 male pygofer, dorsal view 5 subgenital plate, valve and style, dorsal view 6 connective and aedeagus, dorsal view 7 connective and aedeagus, lateral view 8 female abdominal tip and 7 th sternum, dorsal view.