Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight), Samuelson’s grass leafhopper

Deltocephalus samuelsoni Knight 1976: 96

Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight), Webb & Viraktamath 2009: 18

Diagnosis. In addition to its remote distribution, this species differs from mainland Australian species of Maiestas in the shape of the subgenital plates which are narrow triangular rather than ovoid. It shares the presence of a short apical aedeagal process and the short, laterally curved and apically acute paramere process with M. hospes .

Distribution. Norfolk Island, New Zealand (Kermadec Islands), Fiji, New Caledonia, Philippines, China