Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight)

Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, Zootaxa 2870, pp. 1-47 : 18

Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight)

( Fig. 16 ; Plate II: G) New record.

Deltocephalus samuelsoni Knight, 1976: 96 –97, Figs 4 a–c.

Maiestas samuelsoni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 19 , Fig. 41.

Material examined. China, Sichuan Prov.: 2ɗɗ, 1650m, August 1999, coll. Ma Ning; Guangdong Prov.: 2ɗɗ, Shenzhen, July 1986; Hainan Prov.: 1ɗ, Xinglong, 23 April 1983, at light; 1ɗ, Xinglong, 28 April 1983; 2ɗɗ, Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, at light; 1ɗ, Lingshui, 6 May 1983, at light ( BMNH); 1ɗ, Yacheng, 8 June 1983; 1ɗ, Yacheng, 8 June 1983, at light. All collected by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated.

Distribution. Pacific islands (Kermadec; Norfolk Is.; Fiji; Philippines) and China (Sichuan, Guangdong, Hainan).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from mainland Asia.

Figures

FIGURE 16. M. samuelsoni (Knight). A: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; B: subgenital plate, ventral view; C: style, dorsal view; D & E: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view.

FIGURE 4. D. uncinatus sp. nov. A: head and thorax, dorsal view; B: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; C: subgenital plate, ventral view; D: sternal apodemes at base of abdomen; E: style, dorsal view; F: valve, ventral view; G & H: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view.