Maiestas schmidtgeni

Maiestas schmidtgeni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Maiestas
Species:
M. schmidtgeni
Binomial name
Maiestas schmidtgeni
(Wagner, 1939 )

Maiestas schmidtgeni (formerly Recilia schmidtgeni) is a species of bug from the Cicadellidae family that can be found in European countries such as Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and southern part of Russia.[1] The species can also be found in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Henan province of China.[2]

It was formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Recilia schmidtgeni (Wagner, 1939)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "Asian distribution". Global Species Database. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ 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