Maiestas distincta (Motschulsky)

Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, Zootaxa 2870, pp. 1-47 : 12-13

Maiestas distincta (Motschulsky)

( Fig. 9 ; Plate II: A; Plate V: E–G; Plate VI: E–G)

Deltocephalus distinstus (sic) Motschulsky, 1859: 112; Merino, 1936: 397. Deltocephalus distinctus, Kuoh, 1966 , Fig. 117.

Deltocephalus (Recilia) distinctus, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 27 , Figs 208–216. Maiestas distincta, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 18 , Fig. 34 .

Material examined. China, Jiangxi Prov.: 1ɗ, Pingxiang, Lianhua, 4 August 2002, coll. Sun Qinxia; Zhejiang Prov.: 7ɗɗ, 23ΨΨ, Deqing, Wukang, 22 July 2005, coll. Duan Yani, at light (1ɗ, BMNH); Hunan Prov.: 1Ψ, Chenzhou, 3 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Fujian Prov.: 1Ψ, Shaowu County, Dazhulan, 19 July 1963, coll. Zhou Yao; Yunnan Prov.: 1Ψ, Mengna, 6 November 1987, coll. Chai Yonghui & Liu Lan; Guangxi Autonomous Region: 1Ψ, Shangsi, Hongqi Forest Farm, 480m, 17 March 1998, coll. Huang Fusheng ( IZCAS); Hainan Prov.: 1ɗ, Lingshuinanwan, 6 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin ( BMNH); 2ɗɗ, 4ΨΨ, 8 June 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light. All NWAFU, except where indicated.

Distribution. Widespread in Palaeotropical Region including China.

Figures

FIGURE 9. M. distincta (Motschulsky). A: subgenital plate, ventral view; B: style, dorsal view; C: valve, ventral view; D & E: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view.

FIGURE 34. M. maculata (Pruthi). J: subgenital plate, ventral view; K: style, dorsal view; L & M: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view; N – P: variation in the sternal apodemes at base of abdomen.