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Genus

Maiestas Distant, 1917

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (31)

  • Maiestas Distant, 1917: 312.

    type species by original monotypy Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917

  • Togacephalus Matsumura, 1940d: 38.

    type species by original designation Deltocephalus distinctus Motschulsky, 1859

  • 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, 2026

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Distant, W.L. (1917) 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. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology, 17, 273–322.
  • Edwards, J. (1922a) A generic arrangement of British Jassina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 58, 204–207.
  • Matsumura, S. (1940d) Homopterous insects collected at Kotosho (Botel Tabago), Formosa, by Mr. Tadao Kano. Insecta Matsumurana, 15(1-2), 34–51.
  • Ishihara, T. (1953b) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1–72.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nast, J. (1972a) Palaearctic Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera). An annotated check list. Polish Scientific Publishers, Warszawa, 550 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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) Order 1. Hemiptera. Suborder 1. Homoptera. Series 1. Auchenorrhyncha. In Illustrated Flora and Fauna of Korea. 23. Insecta. 7. Samhwa Publishing Co., Ltd. Seoul. pp. 1–776. [in Korean; 1070 pp.]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Day, M.F.C. & Fletcher, M.J. (1994a) An annotated catalogue of the Australian Cicadelloidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 8(5), 1117–1288.
  • 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.
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.45
  • 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.
  • Dmitriev, D.A. (2026) Personal communication.

Type

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)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus101112
Species1150221336