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genus

Maiestas Distant, 1917

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (29)

  • Maiestas Distant, 1917a: 312.

    type species by original monotypy Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917

  • Togacephalus Matsumura, 1940d: 38.

    type species by original designation Deltocephalus distinctus Motschulsky, 1859

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  • Maietas [sic] Distant, 1917 (misspelling of Maiestas Distant, 1917) in Srinivasa & Meshram, 2017: 1629.
  • Deltocephalus (Insulanus) Linnavuori, 1960 (synonymic homonym of Deltocephalus (Insulanus) Linnavuori, 1960) in Dmitriev, 2024

Type

Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917 type species by original monotypy of Maiestas Distant, 1917

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

after lex maiestatis, any one of several ancient Roman laws throughout the Republican and Imperial periods dealing with crimes against the Roman people, state, or Emperor; Latin: maiestas (majesty, treason, prestige)

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Claridge, M.F. & Wilson, M.R. (1981c) The leafhopper and planthopper fauna of rice fields in South East Asia. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 38, 21–22.
  • Dash, P.C. & Viraktamath, C.A. (1998a) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda (Insecta Indica), 10(1-2), 1–59.
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  • Day, M.F. & Fletcher, M.J. (1994a) An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 8(5), 1117–1288.
  • Distant, W.L. (1917a) Rhynchota. Part II: Suborder Homoptera. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 17, 273–322.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2024) Personal communication.
  • Edwards, J. (1922a) A generic arrangement of British Jassina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 58, 204–207.
  • Hamilton, K.G.A. (1975b) Review of the tribal classification of the leafhopper subfamily Aphrodinae (Deltocephalinae of authors) of the Holarctic region (Rhynchota: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 107, 477–498.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953b) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Sci. Rpt. Matsuyama Agr. Col., 11, 1–72.
  • Knight, W.J. (1975a) Deltocephalinae of New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2(2), 169–208.
  • Kwon, Y.-J. & Lee, C.-E. (1979b) On some new and little known Palearctic species of leafhoppers (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Nature and Life in Southeast Asia (Kyungpook Journal of Biological Sciences.), 9(2), 69–97.
  • Lee, C.-E. (1979a) Illustrated Flora and Fauna of Korea. 23. Insecta. 7. Samhwa Publishing Co., Ltd. Seoul. 1070 pp. (In Korean.). [in Korean]
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1960a) Cicadellidae (Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha) of Fiji. Acta Entomologica Fennica, 15, 1–71.
  • Linnavuori, R.E. (1960b) Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Insects of Micronesia, 6(5), 231–344.
  • Matsumura, S. (1940d) Homopterous insects collected at Kotosho (Botel Tabago), Formosa, by Mr. Tadao Kano. Insecta Matsumurana, 15(1-2), 34–51.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • Nielson, M.W. (1968b) The leafhopper vectors of phytopathogenic viruses (Homoptera, Cicadellidae). Taxonomy, biology and virus transmission. Technical Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1382, 1–386.
  • Oman, P.W., Knight, W.J. & Nielson, M.W. (1990a) Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae): a bibliography, generic check-list and index to the world literature 1956-1985. CAB International Institute of Entomology, Wallingford, UK. (iv) + 368 pp.
  • Srinivasa, R.N. & Meshram, N.M. (2017) Note on genus Maiestas (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with diagnosis of important species. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(5), 1616–1636.
  • Webb, M.D. & Viraktamath, C.A. (2009a) 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.
  • Zahniser, J.N. & Dietrich, C.H. (2013a) A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 45, 1–211.

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