Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan

Fletcher, Murray J. & Dai, Wu, 2018, Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia, Zootaxa 4521 (3), pp. 430-440 : 433-434

Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan , new Australian record

Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan 2011: 32 .

Material examined: QUEENSLAND: 7 males, 4km up Black Mountain Road, via Kuranda 12–26.x.1982, malaise trap, ( QDPI) ; 1 male, same data but 14.ix–12.x.1982, malaise trap ( QDPI) ; 1 male, same data but 24.viii– 14.ix.1982 ( QDPI) ; 1 male Long Pocket Laboratory, Indooroopilly , vii.1978, malaise trap ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Tully Falls Rd, 31.iii.1976, J.F. Donaldson ( QDPI) ; 1 male 22km WSW of Mareeba , 7.i.–12.ii.1985, Storey and Halfpapp ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Wongabel State Forest , 6km S of Atherton, 10.xi–1.xii.1983, Storey and Brown ( QDPI) ; 3 males, Broken River, Eungella , W of Mackay, 8.iv.1976, I.D. Galloway ( QDPI) ; 2 males, Coen area, Cape York Peninsula , 6–12.v.1975, K.J. Houston ( QDPI) ; 5 males, Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait , 27–30.v.1969, A. Neboiss ( NMV) ; 1 male, Brisbane , v.1977, K.J. Houston, malaise trap ( QDPI) ; 6 males, State Forest near Caloundra Turnoff , 8.iii.1984, I.D. Galloway ( QDPI) ; 1 male, 1km N of Rounded Hill, nr Hope Vale Mission , 5– 6.x.1980, J. Cardale, yellow trap ( ANIC) ; 1 male, Maroochydore Hort. Res. Stn., Nambour , 22.iii–3.iv.1985 ( QDPI) ; 4 males, same data but 3–15.iv.1985 ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Palen Ck. 11km S. Rathdowney , 3.iii.1974, I.D. Galloway, sweeping grass ( QDPI) ; 2 males, Cooper Creek, Beach 13km N of Daintree River, 25.iii.1976, I.D. Galloway ( QDPI) ; 8 males, 17km SE of Rutland Plains , 24.iv.1983, J.F. Donaldson and J.F. Grimshaw, at light ( QDPI) ; 1 male, McIIwraith Range, NE of Coen, Cape York Pen. , 29.vi–5.vii.1976, J.F. Donaldson ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Mount Baldy Rd via Atherton , vi.1981, J.D. Brown, malaise trap ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Thornlands , 23–24.ii.1973, J.F. Donaldson, at light ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Tolga scrub, 18.ii.1984, I.D. Galloway ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Cape York, Stewart Range , 29.iv–3.v.1961, J.L. Gressitt ( BPB) ; 1 male, nr Gamboola HS, 23.vii.1982, J.F. Donaldson, D-vac ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Camp Mountain, SE Qld , 22–29.xii.1979, [E.N.] Marks, malaise trap, open sclerophyll gully. NEW SOUTH WALES : 1 male Doyalson / Bluehaven , 31.iii.1986, G.R. Brown, m. v.light ( ASCU) ; 1 male, 2 females, Murray River , 10km N of Nth Dorrigo, 29.iii.1982, G.R. Brown and A.E. Westcott ( ASCU) ; 1 male, Barrington House, via Salisbury , 12–14.iii.1980, malaise trap ( QDPI) ; 1 male, Creek Bluehaven , 8km NE of Wyong, 31.iii.1986, G.R. Brown, m. v. light ( ASCU) . NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1 male, NTU, Darwin , 28.iii.2000, R. Blanche, J. Lloyd and L. Tran-Nguyen, ( ASCU) ; 1 male, Maningrida, Arnhem Land , 22– 23.iii.1961, J.L. Gressitt, dusk to 8am ( BPB) .

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from other Australian species by the presence of an internal strut of the pygofer, the long curved apical process of the paramere, the well developed internal ridging of the subgenital plate and the presence of a prominent heel at the base of the aedeagus where it meets the connective.

Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), China

Note: The widespread distribution of this species across northern Australia may mean it occurs naturally in the region and its presence in China indicates it is probably present in much of Southeastern Asia.