Maiestas cultella sp. nov.

(Fig. 20; Plate III: A & B; Plate V: N; Plate VI: M)

Length. 3.1–3.7mm.

Light brown. Vertex light yellow with six small, dark brown marks on anterior margin, brown longitudinal band midway between eye and midline, eye from brown to dark (Plate III: A & B); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum light yellow with six brown longitudinal stripes (Plate III: A & B). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing sordid, cells bordered fuscous, brown patch on central anteapical cell (Plate III: A & B).

Forewing macropterous or submacropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally.

Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, apex acute (Fig. 20 B); style preapical lobe obtusely triangular shaped, apophysis slim, tapered to acute apex, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 20 C); connective longer than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft very short and robust with some small inconspicuous spines basally, gonopore large (Figs 20 D, 20E).

Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternum as in Plate V: N and Plate VI: M.

Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Hainan Prov., Bawangling, 25 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light. Paratypes: China, Hainan Prov.: 4ΨΨ, Xinglong, 25, 26 April 1983, at light; 7ɗɗ, 13ΨΨ, Liangyuan, 31 May, 1, 2, 15 June 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin (1ɗ, 1Ψ, BMNH); 1Ψ, Qiongzhong, 4 June 1983; 1ɗ, Mt. Jianfengling, 25 August 2002, coll. Wang Zongqing, Che Yanli & Wang Peiming; 1ɗ, 1Ψ, Mt. Jianfengling, 940m, 7 June 2003, coll. Duan Yani, at light; 1ɗ, Mt. Diaolue, 2 June 2003, coll. Duan Yani. All NWAFU, except where indicated.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the obtusely triangular shaped style preapical lobe (Fig. 20 C) and very short and robust aedeagal shaft (Figs 20 D, 20E).

Etymology. This name is based on the knife-like shape of the aedeagus in lateral view.