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World Auchenorrhyncha Database (WAD)
Species

Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917

Head on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Head and thorax. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Stylus on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Stylus. (Observation).
Stylus on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Stylus. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: Aedeagus, ventral view. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (1)

  • Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917: 313.

    Syntypes; male; 8b05db82-89ba-447e-9d01-d1a9c97820d9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Seychelles: Silhouette, 1908. Syntypes; female, adult; bff2553c-3384-4100-94cf-d0eb90296800; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Seychelles: Mahe, 1908-1909

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: bright, shining, brilliant, clear

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001