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Habitus, dorsal view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Habitus. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Habitus. (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Habitus, dorsal view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): male. (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Habitus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): male. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Head and thorax. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Face. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): head and thorax dorsal view, face. (Observation).
Head on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): head and thorax, face (male). (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Pygofer, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Subgenital plate. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): subgenital plate, valve and style; dorsal view. (Observation).
Subgenital plate, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Stylus on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Stylus. (Observation).
Stylus on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, lateral view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Aedeagus, lateral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Aedeagus, dorsal view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): dorsal view. (Observation).
Aedeagus, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): dorsal view. (Observation).
Connective on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): dorsal view. (Observation).
Forewing on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Forewing. (Observation).
Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Abdomen, sternal apodemes, ventral view. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Sternite VII. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Ovipositor. (Observation).
Ovipositor on Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930): Ovipositor. (Observation).

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (10)

  • Cicadula maculata Singh-Pruthi, 1930a: 58.

    Holotype; male; 1009/H7; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); India: Gangtok, Sikkim, 6000 ft, April 1928, F.M. Bailey

  • Thamnotettix prabha Singh-Pruthi, 1930a: 62.

    Syntype; male; 1063/H7; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); India: Dumpep, Khasi Hills, Assam, Oct. 1929, S.L. Hora. Syntypes; female, male; 6c63950f-189e-4358-8b69-f5deb3bb5726; deposited at: Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection (NZSI); India: Dumpep, Khasi Hills, Assam, Oct. 1929, S.L. Hora

  • Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 22.
  • Maietas [sic] maculata (Singh-Pruthi, 1930) in Srinivasa & Meshram, 2017: 1629.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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.
  • Ghauri, M.S.K. (1980b) Illustrated redescription of two of Pruthi’s species of Cicadelloidea from India. Reichenbachia, 18(25), 165–171.
  • Rao, K.R. (1989a) Descriptions of some new leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with notes on some synonymies and imperfectly known species from India. Hexapoda (Insecta Indica), 1(1-2), 59–84.
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. (1930a) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and description of some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 1–68 + pls. I-V.
  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: having spots

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1089