Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan

Dataset
Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Hemiptera: family
Cicadellidae: genus
Maiestas: species
Maiestas webbi

diagnosis

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.

distribution

Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, Qld), China Note: The widespread distribution of this species across northern Australia may mean it occurs naturally in the region and its presence in China indicates it is probably present in much of Southeastern Asia.

materials_examined

Material examined: QUEENSLAND: 7 males, 4 km up Black Mountain Road, via Kuranda 12 – 26. x. 1982, malaise trap, (QDPI); 1 male, same data but 14. ix – 12. x. 1982, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, same data but 24. viii – 14. ix. 1982 (QDPI); 1 male Long Pocket Laboratory, Indooroopilly, vii. 1978, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Tully Falls Rd, 31. iii. 1976, J. F. Donaldson (QDPI); 1 male 22 km WSW of Mareeba, 7. i. – 12. ii. 1985, Storey and Halfpapp (QDPI); 1 male, Wongabel State Forest, 6 km S of Atherton, 10. xi – 1. xii. 1983, Storey and Brown (QDPI); 3 males, Broken River, Eungella, W of Mackay, 8. iv. 1976, I. D. Galloway (QDPI); 2 males, Coen area, Cape York Peninsula, 6 – 12. v. 1975, K. J. Houston (QDPI); 5 males, Prince of Wales Island, Torres Strait, 27 – 30. v. 1969, A. Neboiss (NMV); 1 male, Brisbane, v. 1977, K. J. Houston, malaise trap (QDPI); 6 males, State Forest near Caloundra Turnoff, 8. iii. 1984, I. D. Galloway (QDPI); 1 male, 1 km N of Rounded Hill, nr Hope Vale Mission, 5 – 6. x. 1980, J. Cardale, yellow trap (ANIC); 1 male, Maroochydore Hort. Res. Stn., Nambour, 22. iii – 3. iv. 1985 (QDPI); 4 males, same data but 3 – 15. iv. 1985 (QDPI); 1 male, Palen Ck. 11 km S. Rathdowney, 3. iii. 1974, I. D. Galloway, sweeping grass (QDPI); 2 males, Cooper Creek, Beach 13 km N of Daintree River, 25. iii. 1976, I. D. Galloway (QDPI); 8 males, 17 km SE of Rutland Plains, 24. iv. 1983, J. F. Donaldson and J. F. Grimshaw, at light (QDPI); 1 male, McIIwraith Range, NE of Coen, Cape York Pen., 29. vi – 5. vii. 1976, J. F. Donaldson (QDPI); 1 male, Mount Baldy Rd via Atherton, vi. 1981, J. D. Brown, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Thornlands, 23 – 24. ii. 1973, J. F. Donaldson, at light (QDPI); 1 male, Tolga scrub, 18. ii. 1984, I. D. Galloway (QDPI); 1 male, Cape York, Stewart Range, 29. iv – 3. v. 1961, J. L. Gressitt (BPB); 1 male, nr Gamboola HS, 23. vii. 1982, J. F. Donaldson, D-vac (QDPI); 1 male, Camp Mountain, SE Qld, 22 – 29. xii. 1979, [E. N.] Marks, malaise trap, open sclerophyll gully. NEW SOUTH WALES: 1 male Doyalson / Bluehaven, 31. iii. 1986, G. R. Brown, m. v. light (ASCU); 1 male, 2 females, Murray River, 10 km N of Nth Dorrigo, 29. iii. 1982, G. R. Brown and A. E. Westcott (ASCU); 1 male, Barrington House, via Salisbury, 12 – 14. iii. 1980, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Creek Bluehaven, 8 km NE of Wyong, 31. iii. 1986, G. R. Brown, m. v. light (ASCU). NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1 male, NTU, Darwin, 28. iii. 2000, R. Blanche, J. Lloyd and L. Tran-Nguyen, (ASCU); 1 male, Maningrida, Arnhem Land, 22 – 23. iii. 1961, J. L. Gressitt, dusk to 8 am (BPB).

Name

Homonyms: Maiestas webbi Zhang & Duan