Maiestas maculata (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 maculata (Singh-Pruthi)

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Cicadula maculata Singh-Pruthi, 1930: 58-59, figs 80, 81, pl. 5 fig. 2 (India); Thamnotettix prabha Singh-Pruthi, 1930: 62, figs 85, 86, pl. 5 figs 6, 6a (India), synonymized by Webb and Viraktamath 2009: 41; Recilia prabha : Ghauri 1980: 166-169, figs 1, 3-11; Deltocephalus (Recilia) maculata : Dash and Viraktamath 1998: 32, figs 260-269 (India); Maiestas maculata : Webb and Viraktamath 2009: 22; Maiestas maculata : Zhang and Duan 2011: 37-39, figs 33-35, pl. 4 fig. E, pl. 5 fig. P, pl. 6 fig. P (China); Shah et al. 2021: 404, fig. 2A-I (Pakistan).

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Maiestas species by its habitus, which has variable black patches on the head and thorax, and the shape of its aedeagus and style.

Distribution.

China, 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.