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species

Maiestas trisuli (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998)

Descendants and synonyms

Nomenclature (2)

  • Deltocephalus (Recilia) trisuli Dash & Viraktamath, 1998a: 34.

    Holotype; male; 9097a971-f2dc-4e5f-a171-785cd73987c0; deposited at: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India (UASB); India: Tamil Nadu: Naduvattam, 6.vi.1977, C.A. Viraktamath

  • Maiestas trisuli (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 22.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Sanskrit (त्रिशूल (trisula): a trident, seen as a religious symbol of Hinduism and Buddhism

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
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