Maiestas maculata

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Maiestas maculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadellidae
Genus: Maiestas
Species:
M. maculata
Binomial name
Maiestas maculata
(Singh-Pruthi, 1930) [1]
Synonyms
  • Maiestas prabha(Singh-Pruthi, 1930)
  • Recilia prabhaSingh-Pruthi, 1930

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]

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First described by Singh‑Pruthi in 1930. Initially classified under Recilia, later reclassified into the genus Maiestas based on taxonomic revisions in 2009

Distribution

Specimens and Material Examined

Collected in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan (Banjosa), in July 2018 via sweep-net sampling, confirming its broader South Asian range

References

  1. ↑ "Binomial authority". Arctos. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Recilia prabha". 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
  4. ↑ Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zhang Y and Duan Y Zootaxa, 2011, 2870, pages 1–47 ( Preview)


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