Maiestas indica (Singh-Pruthi)

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 indica (Singh-Pruthi)

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Allophleps indica Singh-Pruthi, 1936: 120, fig. 132; pl. 9 fig. 3 (Pakistan); Allophleps delhiensis Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990: 111, figs 1-9 (India), synonymized by Dash and Viraktamath 1998: 35; Deltocephalus (Recilia) indicus : Dash and Viraktamath 1998: 35-36, fig. 305 (India); Maiestas indica : Webb and Viraktamath 2009: 21; Naveed et al. 2019: 287; Shah et al. 2021: 403, fig. 1E (Pakistan).

Diagnosis.

This species can be identified by the aedeagus, which has a distinctive, large, subapical ventral process, the forewings which have accessory cross-veins, and the shorter head.

Distribution.

Pakistan, India.

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.