Maiestas sp. 1

Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, Zootaxa 5060 (3), pp. 401-416 : 412

Maiestas sp. 1

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M. samuelsoni, Naveed et al., 2019 , fig. 3L–M, misidentification.

Material examined. Pakistan: 2♂♂, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pirsabak , 34°0′37.1196 N, 72°3′3.6648 E, sweep net, 12 July 2018 ; 3♂♂, 4♀♀, same data, light trap ; 2♂♂, Balakot , 34°34′18.1668 N, 73°21′46.6668 E, sweep net, 12 August 2019; Punjab : 1♂, Hazro , 33°54′44.208 N, 72°29′12.084 E, sweep net, 31 July 2018. All collected by Bismillah Shah ( AAU) .

Remarks. The identity of this species is uncertain. It is similar to the following un-named species in having the forewings with additional cross-veins and similar male genitalia but its colour pattern is different. Its male genitalia are also similar to those of some other Maiestas species , e.g., M. samuelsoni (Knight) . Although resembling the latter species (originally described from the Pacific region) in shape of aedeagus and style, it differs by its longer head with more distinct markings and forewing with extra cross-veins. It is likely that the material studied here is the same species recorded from Pakistan as M. samuelsoni by Naveed et al. (2019). These authors recorded three males (NWAFU) from the same region (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as the specimens examined here, but with the figures of Zhang & Duan (2011) from Chinese specimens, the latter also possibly misidentified. The Pakistan specimens deposited in NWAFU need to be re-examined to confirm their identity.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Maiestas sp. 1. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: head and thorax, dorsal view; D: face; E: subgenital plates, valve, styles, connective and aedeagus, dorsal view; F: aedeagus, dorsal view; G: connective and aedeagus, lateral view.