Species Maiestas webbi Zhang and Duan, 2011

Maiestas webbi Zhang and Duan, adult, lateral view (upper), dorsal view (lower).

© Copyright Murray J. Fletcher, Orange Agricultural Institute

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• Maiestas webbi Zhang, Y.L. and Duan, Y.N. 2011. Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zootaxa 2870: 1–47 [32].

  Type data:

   Holotype NWAFU ♂ (coll. Zhang Wenzhou and Ren Liyun, 20 July 1995), China, Shaanxi Province, Liuba.

Introduction

This small brown leafhopper was first described from NW China and recognised in the Australian fauna by Fletcher and Dai (2018). It is widely distributed in coastal regions from Darwin in the Northern Territory to near Wyong in New South Wales. It is also known from Prince of Wales Island in Torres Strait. Its wide distribution in Australia indicates that it may occur naturally here rather than having been introduced from China although it is possible it is adventive and has spread around the coast from an unknown introduction site.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished from other Australian species by the presence of an internal strut of the pygofer, the long curved apical process of the paramere, the well developed internal ridging of the subgenital plate and the presence of a prominent heel at the base of the aedeagus where it meets the connective (Fletcher and Dai 2018).

ID Keys

Fletcher and Dai 2018: 431–432

Diagnosis References

Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W. 2018. Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia. Zootaxa 4521(3): 430–440 [434]

General References

Fletcher, M.J. and Dai, W. 2018. Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia. Zootaxa 4521(3): 430–440 [433]

History of changes