Maiestas heuksandoensis ( Kwon & Lee, 1979 )

Dutta, Nirmal Kumar, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae) from Korea, Zootaxa 4646 (3), pp. 564-584 : 567-568

Maiestas heuksandoensis ( Kwon & Lee, 1979)

( Figs 3 A–K)

Recilia (Togacephalus) heuksandoensis Kwon & Lee, 1979 , Nat. & Life 9(2): 79–80 ( Korea).

Maiestas heuksandoensis: Webb & Viraktamath, 2009 , Zootaxa, 2163: 16.

Material examined. Korea, Chungbuk Province: 3 males, 4 females, Cheondeungsan, 1.X.2016 , Y.J. Kwon; Gangwon Province: 1 male, Balgyoasan, 25.IX.2016 ; 1 male, 1 female, Deokgasan, 2.X.2016; 2 males, 2 females, same locality, 19.X.2016 ; 1 male, 2 females, same locality, 20.X.2016 ; 1 male, Giusan, 10. VI.2016; 1 female, same locality, 8.X.2016 ; 1 male, 2 females, Seoraksan, 1.VII.1984; 2 males, 1 female, same locality, 2.VII.1984 ; Gyeongbuk Province: 7 males, 8 females, on Zoysia sp., Daegu, 13.VII.1984 ; 5 males, 2 females, on Zoysia sp., same locality, 6.X.1984 ; 4 males, 2 females, Dansan-myeon, 2.X.1982; 1 male, 2 females, Gohang-ri, 7.X.2016; 5 males, 1 female, Hyang-eup, 8.X.1984; 1 males, 3 females, Palgongsan, 7.X.1984; Gyeongnam Province: 6 males, 8 females, Gajisan, 1.X.1984 ; 1 male, Geumsan, 23.VIII.1994; 2 females, Hwangmaesan, 7.VIII.1998; Jeonbuk Province: 9 males, 4 females, on Zoysia sp., Naejangsan, 14.VIII.1981 ; Jeonnam Province:; 3 males, 4 females, on Zoysia sp., Is. Heuksando, 11.VIII.2018 ; 2 males, Is. Jindo, 17.VII.1984; 1 male, 1 female, Is. Sinjido, 21.VII.1984; 1 female, Wando, 21.VII.1984; Jejudo Province: 1 male, Hallasan, 7.VIII.1984 ; 4 males, 3 females, same locality, 9.VIII.1984 ; 3 males, 5 females, same locality, 10.VIII.1984 ; 6 males, 6 females, same locality, 7.X.1990 ; 1 female, Hwasun, 29.V.1992; 2 males, 1 female, Jungmun, 23.VII.1981; 3 males, 5 females, same locality, 12.VIII.1984 ; 2 males, 1 female, Is. Marado, 10.VII.1994; 3 males, 5 females, Is. Udo, 9.VII.1994, all same collector.

Distribution. Korea (Central, South, Jejudo), China.

Host plant. Zoysia sp. (observed).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its relatively small size and lack of any dark spots on the apical margin of the crown.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Maiestas heuksandoensis (Kwon & Lee, 1979); A. habitus (male), dorsal view; B. habitus (male), lateral view; C. face (male); D. habitus (female), dorsal view; E. male pygofer lobe, lateral view; F. subgenital plates and valve, ventral view; G. style, dorsal view; H. connective and aedeagus, dorsal view; I. connective and aedeagus, lateral view; J. abdominal apodeme of sternite II; K. style apophysis, lateral view.