Maiestas maculata
| Maiestas maculata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Maiestas |
| Species: | M. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Maiestas maculata is a species of bug from the Cicadellidae family,subfamily Deltocephalinae, and tribe Deltocephalini, that is endemic to India.[2] It was originally placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.[3] Subsequently, a 2011 revision found that M. prabha (also formerly placed in Recilia) was a junior synonym of M. maculata.[4]
First described by Singh‑Pruthi in 1930. Initially classified under Recilia, later reclassified into the genus Maiestas based on taxonomic revisions in 2009 [1]
Distribution
- Native to India (original records from Calcutta and Sikkim).
- Also recently documented in Pakistan, marking its first confirmed presence there [2]
Specimens and Material Examined
Collected in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan (Banjosa), in July 2018 via sweep-net sampling, confirming its broader South Asian range [3]
References
- ^ "Binomial authority". Arctos. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Recilia prabha". Global Species Database. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Webb, M.D.; Viraktamath, C.A. 2009: Annotated check-list, generic key and new species of Old World Deltocephalini leafhoppers with nomenclatorial changes in the Deltocephalus group and other Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2163: 1-64. Abstract & excerpt
- ^ Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zhang Y and Duan Y Zootaxa, 2011, 2870, pages 1–47 ( Preview)