species
Maiestas xanthocephalus (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998)
Descendants and synonyms
Nomenclature (4)
- Deltocephalus (Recilia) xanthocephalus Dash & Viraktamath, 1998a: 19.
Holotype; male; 3aa91595-f33b-4aa6-b9c5-6e3dd98b550d; deposited at: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India (UASB); India: Kerala: Munnar, 1524 m, 22.iii.1977, C.A. Viraktamath
- Deltocephalus xanthocephala [sic] (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 22.
- Deltocephalus xanthocephala [sic] (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) (misspelling of Deltocephalus (Recilia) xanthocephalus Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) in Webb & Viraktamath, 2009a: 22.
- Maiestas xanthocephalus (Dash & Viraktamath, 1998) in Srinivasa & Meshram, 2017: 1631.
Nomenclature references (3)
- 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.
- 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:
Greek: ξανθός (yellow) + κεφαλή (head)
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |