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Maiestas maculata (Singh-Pruthi) n. rec. (Fig. 2) Cicadula maculata Singh-Pruthi, 1930: 58���59, figs 80���81, plate V, fig. 2. Thamnotettix prabha Singh-Pruthi, 1930: 62, figs 85, 86, plate V, figs 6, 6a. Synonymised by Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 41. Recilia prabha, Ghauri, 1980: 166���169, figs 1, 3���11. Deltocephalus (Recilia) maculata, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 32, figs 260���269. Maiestas maculata, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 22, comb. nov. Maiestas maculata, Zhang & Duan, 2011: 37���39, figs 33���35, plate IV: E, plate V: P, plate VI: P. Length. Male: 3.4mm Description. Coloration. Pale to yellowish brown (Fig. 2A���D). Crown with variable black spots (Fig. 2A, 2C). Face stramineous to yellowish brown, with black patches adjacent to antennal bases (Fig. 2D). Pronotum occasionally with black patches. Visible mesonotum with basal angles black (Fig. 2A, 2C). Legs with or without blackish spots (Fig. 2B). Morphology. Head as broad as pronotum (Fig. 2A, 2C). Forewing macropterous or submacropterous; inner anteapical cell open at base, sometimes outer anteapical cell absent (Fig. 2A���B). Male genitalia. Subgenital plate moderately long, subtriangular, lateral margin somewhat convex (Fig. 2F). Style with preapical lobe short, apophysis digitate, long and faintly sinuate (Fig. 2F). Connective almost as long as aedeagus (Fig. 2G). Aedeagus boat-shaped dorsally (Fig. 2H), straight in lateral aspect and narrow at base, broader in middle and thereafter gradually narrowed to acute upturned apex (Fig. 2I). Material examined. Pakistan: Azad Kashmir: 1♂, Banjosa, 33��48���36.9432 N, 73��49���14.304 E, sweep net, 26 July 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU). Distribution. Pakistan (new record), China, India. Remarks. This species, originally described from India (Calcutta and Sikkim) is recorded here for the first time from Pakistan. It can readily be distinguished from other species of the genus by its external appearance, e.g., with variable black patches on head and thorax, and shape of the aedeagus and style., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on pages 404-405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Singh-Pruthi, H. (1930) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and Description of some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 1 - 68.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Ghauri, M. S. K. (1980) Illustrated redescription of two of Pruthi's species of Cicadelloidea from India. Reichenbachia Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 18, 165 - 171.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa, 2870 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2870.1.1"]}

Maiestas setosa (Ahmed, Murtaza & Malik) Recilia setosa Ahmed, Murtaza & Malik, 1988: 412, fig. 2. Maiestas setosa, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 20, comb. nov.; Naveed et al., 2019: 287. Material examined. No material examined. Distribution. Pakistan. Remarks. The identity of this species remains uncertain due to the poor original description and figures and because the type series from Karachi could not be found in the repository indicated in the original description, Zoological Museum, University of Karachi (Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11)., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Ahmed, M., Murtaza, B. & Malik, K. F. (1988) Some new aphrodine leafhoppers from grasslands of Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 20, 409 - 421.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16","Khatri I., & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2365.1.1"]}

Maiestas sp. 1 (Fig. 7) M. samuelsoni, Naveed et al., 2019, fig. 3L���M, misidentification. Material examined. Pakistan: 2♂♂, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pirsabak, 34��0���37.1196 N, 72��3���3.6648 E, sweep net, 12 July 2018; 3♂♂, 4♀♀, same data, light trap; 2♂♂, Balakot, 34��34���18.1668 N, 73��21���46.6668 E, sweep net, 12 August 2019; Punjab: 1♂, Hazro, 33��54���44.208 N, 72��29���12.084 E, sweep net, 31 July 2018. All collected by Bismillah Shah (AAU). Remarks. The identity of this species is uncertain. It is similar to the following un-named species in having the forewings with additional cross-veins and similar male genitalia but its colour pattern is different. Its male genitalia are also similar to those of some other Maiestas species, e.g., M. samuelsoni (Knight). Although resembling the latter species (originally described from the Pacific region) in shape of aedeagus and style, it differs by its longer head with more distinct markings and forewing with extra cross-veins. It is likely that the material studied here is the same species recorded from Pakistan as M. samuelsoni by Naveed et al. (2019). These authors recorded three males (NWAFU) from the same region (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as the specimens examined here, but with the figures of Zhang & Duan (2011) from Chinese specimens, the latter also possibly misidentified. The Pakistan specimens deposited in NWAFU need to be re-examined to confirm their identity., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16","Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa, 2870 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2870.1.1"]}

Maiestas trispinosa (Dash & Viraktamath) n. rec. (Fig. 6) Deltocephalus (Recilia) trispinosus Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 35, figs 296���304 Maiestas trispinosa, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 38, comb. nov. Length. Male: 4.1mm. Description. Coloration. Yellowish brown (Fig. 6A���D). Head and thorax pale yellow (Fig. 6A, 6C). Crown with six small, dark brownish marks at anterior margin and some yellowish brown patches on each side of mid-line (Fig. 6A, 6C). Pronotum with ochraceous shades and six yellow brown longitudinal stripes (Fig. 6A, 6C). Mesonotum and scutellum pale with yellowish brown spots (Fig. 6A, 6C). Eye tinged with yellowish brown (Fig. 6A���D). Frontoclypeus chocolate brown with pale transverse stripes (Fig. 6D). Leg marked with dark brown (Fig. 6B). Forewing light brown, with prominent pale venation (Fig. 6A���B). Morphology. Head slightly wider than pronotum, almost equal in length to width between eyes (Fig. 6A, 6C). Ocellus next to eye on anterior margin. Pronotum median length almost equal to the median length of crown (Fig. 6A, 6C). Forewing macropterous, almost same length as hind wings (Fig. 6A���B). Male genitalia. Pygofer quadrate (Fig. 6E). Subgenital plate moderately long, triangular, lateral margins almost straight, with a row of uniseriate macrosetae, apically rounded and curved dorsad (Fig. 6F). Valve triangular (Fig. 6F). Style narrow, with prominent preapical shoulder, apex digitate and sinuate (Fig. 6F). Connective almost equal in length to aedeagus (Fig. 6G���I). Aedeagal shaft extended far beyond pygofer, curved ventrally (Fig. 6E); shaft compressed dorsoventrally, in lateral view broader in basal two thirds then abruptly narrowed to acute apex, in dorsoventral view with needle-like apex (Fig. 6G���H); pair of subapical spine-like lateral processes adpressed to shaft (Fig. 6G���H). Material examined. Pakistan: Punjab: 2♂♂, Bansra Gali, 33��54���17.532 N, 73��22���13.9656 E, sweep net, 1 August 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU). Distribution. Pakistan (new record), India. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the lateral spine-like processes of the aedeagus. The Pakistan specimens show very slight differences compared to the original Indian material with respect to the shape of the subgenital plates and style apical process, as seen in the original figures given by Dash & Viraktamath (1998) and images of type material sent by C. Viraktamath., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on pages 408-412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Khatri I., & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2365.1.1","Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa, 2870 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2870.1.1","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1995) Two new species of grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from Orissa, India. Hexapoda, 7, 71 - 78."]}

Maiestas tareni (Dash & Viraktamath) (Fig. 5) Deltocephalus (Recilia) tareni Dash & Viraktamath, 1995: 74���76, figs 1���15; Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 16, figs 78���84. Maiestas tareni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 22, comb. nov.; Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, plate 2d, fig. 11; Naveed et al., 2019: 290, figs 2G���I, 3N���O). Material examined. Pakistan: Punjab: 1♂, Islamabad, 33��42���34.3908 N, 73��9���27.0144 E, sweep net, 26 July 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU); 1♂ Rawalpindi, viii.1985, C. & L. O���Brien (BMNH). Distribution. Pakistan, China, India. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its relatively straight and stout style apical apophysis with serrated inner margin and by the aedeagus in lateral view evenly tapered from base to apex and relatively straight. Some slight differences are shown between the specimens studied here (Figs 5A���H, Punjab) and between some published figures (Figs 5I���T) and the original description (Figs 5U���Z), suggesting that more than one species may be present., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1995) Two new species of grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from Orissa, India. Hexapoda, 7, 71 - 78.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Khatri I., & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2365.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16"]}

Maiestas indica (Singh-Pruthi) (Fig. 1E) Allophleps indica Singh-Pruthi, 1936: 120, fig. 132; plate 9, fig. 3. Allophleps delhiensis Rao & Ramakrishnan, 1990: 111, figs 1���9. Synonymised by Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 35. Deltocephalus (Recilia) indicus, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 35���36, fig. 305. Maiestas indica, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 21, comb. nov.; Naveed et al. (2019: 287). Material examined. No material examined. Distribution. Pakistan, India. Remarks. This species was originally described based on both male and female specimens but a female from Pakistan ���Layallpur [Faisalabad], Punjab, at light; 10.X.29 (Coll. A. Rahman)��� (ZSI), was listed as the ��� holotype ��� together with ���four other specimens from the type locality and numerous specimens from several other localities in the Indian Museum collection���. The specimens other than the female holotype may be considered paratypes but it is not clear from which specimen the male genitalia were figured and the male genitalia slide is now missing (pers. com. C. Viraktamath). Therefore, Pruthi���s figure of the male could be from a specimen either from Pakistan or India. No further material of this species from Pakistan has been studied since the original description and although the original material was examined by Dash & Viraktamath (1998), including a male paratype, their figures are from their Indian specimens (pers. com. C. Viraktamath). Despite the above uncertainties, assuming that the female holotype and the male specimen illustrated by Pruthi are conspecific, the identity of the species is clear based on the aedeagus with a distinctive large subapical ventral process (Fig. 1E). The species can also be recognized by its accessary forewing cross-veins, similar to M. pruthii and Maiestas sp. 1 and Maiestas sp. 2, but from these it also differs by its shorter head as shown in Pruthi���s original figure., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Singh-Pruthi, H. (1936) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part III. Descriptions of some new genera and species, with first records of some known species from India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 101 - 131.","Rao, V. R. S. & Ramakrishnan, U. (1990) New species of Aconurella and Paramesodes (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 87, 268 - 271.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16"]}

Maiestas sinuata Shah & Duan sp. n. (Fig. 3) Length. Male: 3.3mm. Description. Coloration. Yellowish brown (Fig. 3A–B). Head and thorax creamy white with yellow markings (Fig. 3A, 3C). Crown with eight small, dark brownish marks, with ochraceous patches on each side of median longitudinal suture (Fig. 3A, 3C). Pronotum with four yellow longitudinal stripes (Fig. 3A, 3C). Mesonotum and scutellum pale with yellowish brown spots (Fig. 3A, 3C). Eye color tinged with yellowish grey. Ocellus white (Fig. 3A–C). Frontoclypeus dark brown with pale transverse stripes (Fig. 3D). Legs marked with dark brown (Fig. 3B). Forewing brown, with prominent pale venation (Fig. 3A–B). Morphology. Head slightly wider than pronotum and slightly longer than width between eyes (Fig. 3A, 3C). Ocellus next to eye on anterior margin (Fig. 3A–C). Pronotum median length almost equal to the median length of crown (Fig. 3A, 3C). Forewing macropterous, exceeding abdomen when at rest (Fig. 3A–B). Male genitalia. Pygofer side longer than height in lateral aspect with rounded apical margin (Fig. 3E). Subgenital plate moderately long, triangular, with row of marginal uniseriate macrosetae (Fig. 3F). Style narrow, with prominent preapical shoulder; apex digitate, slightly curved laterally (Fig. 3F). Connective almost equal in length to aedeagus (Fig. 3G–H). Aedeagal shaft in dorsal view broad at base (Fig. 3G), gradually tapered towards pointed apex; in lateral view, slightly sinuate with basal half concave ventrally and apical half concave dorsally, finely tapered from base to apex (Fig. 3H). Material examined. Holotype ♂: Pakistan: Punjab, Kahuta, 33°35′28.3776 N, 73°22′12.234 E, sweep net, 25 July 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU). Distribution. Pakistan. Etymology. The species named for the slightly sinuate aedeagal shaft in lateral view. Remarks. This species has a similar sinuate aedeagal shaft to M. chandrai Fletcher & Dai (2019) (replacement name for M. viraktamathi Fletcher & Dai, 2018), from Australia, but differs from the latter species in external appearance and other genitalia structures, i.e., the subgenital plate with apical fine setae, style with apical process thicker and aedeagus lacking a ventrobasal “heel”, the latter feature placing M. chandrai in the M. albomaculatus group of Dash & Viraktamath (1998).

Maiestas sinuata Shah & Duan sp. n. (Fig. 3) Length. Male: 3.3mm. Description. Coloration. Yellowish brown (Fig. 3A���B). Head and thorax creamy white with yellow markings (Fig. 3A, 3C). Crown with eight small, dark brownish marks, with ochraceous patches on each side of median longitudinal suture (Fig. 3A, 3C). Pronotum with four yellow longitudinal stripes (Fig. 3A, 3C). Mesonotum and scutellum pale with yellowish brown spots (Fig. 3A, 3C). Eye color tinged with yellowish grey. Ocellus white (Fig. 3A���C). Frontoclypeus dark brown with pale transverse stripes (Fig. 3D). Legs marked with dark brown (Fig. 3B). Forewing brown, with prominent pale venation (Fig. 3A���B). Morphology. Head slightly wider than pronotum and slightly longer than width between eyes (Fig. 3A, 3C). Ocellus next to eye on anterior margin (Fig. 3A���C). Pronotum median length almost equal to the median length of crown (Fig. 3A, 3C). Forewing macropterous, exceeding abdomen when at rest (Fig. 3A���B). Male genitalia. Pygofer side longer than height in lateral aspect with rounded apical margin (Fig. 3E). Subgenital plate moderately long, triangular, with row of marginal uniseriate macrosetae (Fig. 3F). Style narrow, with prominent preapical shoulder; apex digitate, slightly curved laterally (Fig. 3F). Connective almost equal in length to aedeagus (Fig. 3G���H). Aedeagal shaft in dorsal view broad at base (Fig. 3G), gradually tapered towards pointed apex; in lateral view, slightly sinuate with basal half concave ventrally and apical half concave dorsally, finely tapered from base to apex (Fig. 3H). Material examined. Holotype ♂: Pakistan: Punjab, Kahuta, 33��35���28.3776 N, 73��22���12.234 E, sweep net, 25 July 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU). Distribution. Pakistan. Etymology. The species named for the slightly sinuate aedeagal shaft in lateral view. Remarks. This species has a similar sinuate aedeagal shaft to M. chandrai Fletcher & Dai (2019) (replacement name for M. viraktamathi Fletcher & Dai, 2018), from Australia, but differs from the latter species in external appearance and other genitalia structures, i.e., the subgenital plate with apical fine setae, style with apical process thicker and aedeagus lacking a ventrobasal ���heel���, the latter feature placing M. chandrai in the M. albomaculatus group of Dash & Viraktamath (1998)., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on pages 406-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Fletcher, M. J. & Dai, W. (2019) A new name for Maiestas viraktamathi Fletcher and Dai, preoccupied by Maiestas viraktamathi Zahniser, McKamey and Dmitriev. Zootaxa, 4551 (3), 394 - 394. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4551.3.8","Fletcher, M. J. & Dai, W. (2018) Two new species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) with a new record from Australia. Zootaxa, 4521 (3), 430 - 440. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4521.3.8","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59."]}

Maiestas subviridis (Metcalf) (Fig. 4A���E) Stirellus subviridis Metcalf, 1946: 125. Deltocephalus (Recilia) subviridis, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 24, figs 166���172. Maiestas subviridis, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 19, fig. 40, comb. nov.; Naveed et al., 2019: 287. Maiestas subviridis, Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, Plate 2b���c, fig. 12; Zhang & Duan, 2011: 19, figs 17, Plate II: H. Material examined. Pakistan: several specimens (male and female), Sindh Prov., Tando Jam, 11.v.07 (BMNH). Distribution. Pakistan, India, China, Pacific. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the rounded apex of the aedeagus with a very short apical spine (more easily seen at high magnification and in ventral view). In Pakistan material there is a pair of dark patches posteriorly on the vertex and a sub-brachypterous female form (Figs 4A, 4B); for details, see Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11. The material listed by Khatri & Webb (2010) was collected on 11.v.07, not 28.viii.07 (paddy), as stated. These authors also figured a specimen from Guddo Barrage with a somewhat more elongate aedeagus but it is difficult to judge whether this specimen is the same species as now only the genitalia remain (BMNH)., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Metcalf, Z. P. (1946) Homoptera. Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 189, 105 - 148.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16","Khatri I., & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2365.1.1","Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa, 2870 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2870.1.1"]}

Maiestas Distant, 1917 Maiestas Distant, 1917: 312 ( Type species: Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917). For full details of synonymy, see Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 14���15. Diagnosis. Generally pale brown with c rown often with line of submarginal angular spots and pronotum often with longitudinal stramineous bands (Fig 1A), sometimes without these markings (Fig. 2A). Crown triangularly produced, ocellus usually close to eye on anterior margin. Forewing with three anteapical cells, inner cell open. Pygofer without appendage. Subgenital plate short and ovate with outer margin convex to slightly concave; with uniseriate row of macrosetae laterally, sometimes with apical tuft of fine setae. Connective linear with arms longer than stem. Aedeagus fused to connective; shaft elongate, weakly curved dorsally, usually without processes, gonopore apical on dorsal surface, indistinct. Distribution. Old World. Remarks. Maiestas was revised by Webb & Viraktamath (2009). The genus is similar externally to Deltocephalus Burmeister and Recilia but differs by the shape of the aedeagus; in Maiestas the shaft is boat-shaped, at most weekly curved dorsally, sometimes with an apical ventral spine-like process and gonopore apical on dorsal surface. To the previous treatment of the genus from Pakistan (Naveed et al., 2019), a new species and two new country records are added in the present work, together with two species of uncertain identity (see Maiestas spp)., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Distant, W. L. (1917) The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Vol. VI, No. VII-Rhynchota, Part II: Suborder Homoptera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 17, 273 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1917. tb 00469. x","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16"]}

Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf) (Fig. 4F���L) Deltocephlaus notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936: 128���129, fig. 139, plate IX, fig. 10 (Prim.hom.: Deltocephalus notatus Melichar, 1896). Deltocephalus pruthii Metcalf, 1967: 1173 (nom. nov. pro Deltocephalus notatus Singh-Pruthi, 1936). Deltocephalus (Recilia) pruthii, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 22���23, figs 150���158. Maiestas pruthii, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 20, comb. nov.; Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, plate 2a, fig. 13, misidentification? (see Remarks); Naveed et al., 2019: 286, figs 2A���C (incorrectly cited as M. subviridis, pers. com. Naveed), Fig. 3i, misidentification? (see Remarks). Material examined. No material examined. Distribution. Pakistan, India. (see Remarks) Remarks. The identity of this species is somewhat uncertain. It was described from the holotype male and allotype female from Pakistan, Layallpur [Faisalabad], but the male genitalia slide of the holotype (ZSI) is now missing (pers. com. Chandra Viraktamath). Although the types were examined by Dash & Viraktamath (1998) their figures are from Indian (Dehli) specimens (pers. com. Chandra Viraktamath) and although showing a very slight difference in the style apex to that of Singh-Pruthi���s original they show a similar relatively long apical extension of the aedeagus and rounded shaft apex (Figs 4J���L). Therefore, Dash & Viraktamath���s material is tentatively considered correctly identified but, to be certain, topotypical material of M. pruthii, i.e., from Faisalabad, should be obtained and examined. The Pakistan material identified as this species by Khatri & Webb (2010) with their figures reproduced by Naveed et al. (2019) show a more tapered aedeagus apex and shorter apical process and vertex with a small dot either side of the coronal suture apex, are here considered to be a different species (see Maiestas sp. 2 below). Despite the shortcomings of Singh-Pruthi���s original genitalia figures, his habitus figure of this species is very good and shows a species with a relatively long acute head with a pair of inverted U-shaped markings basally and forewings with extra cross veins. The extra forewing cross veins are also present in M. indica (described from the same type locality as M. pruthii) and Maiestas sp. 1 and 2 (see Remarks under these species). In conclusion, until the type genitalia or topotypical specimens can be found, the identity of this species is based on the figures of Dash & Viraktamath (1998) together with the images given here from the same specimen (Figs 4F���L)., Published as part of Shah, Bismillah, Naveed, Hassan, Webb, Michael D. & Duan, Yani, 2021, Taxonomic review of the grassland leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Pakistan with description of a new species and two new records, pp. 401-416 in Zootaxa 5060 (3) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5635912, {"references":["Singh-Pruthi, H. (1936) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part III. Descriptions of some new genera and species, with first records of some known species from India. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 101 - 131.","Melichar, L. (1896) Cicadinen (Hemiptera-Homoptera) von Mittel-Europa. Dames, Berlin, 364 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8568","Metcalf, Z. P. (1967) s. n. In: General Catalogue of the Homoptera. Fascicle VI. Cicadelloidea. Part 10. Euscelidae Section II. Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., 1078 - 2074.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2163.1.1","Khatri I., & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2365.1.1","Naveed, H., Sohail, K., Islam, W., Zhang, Y. & Bu, W. J. (2019) A review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Pakistan. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 45 (2), 283 - 292. https: // doi. org / 10.35249 / rche. 45.2.19.16"]}

Maiestas irwini sp. n. Figs 1, 2 Length. Male: 2.6-3.0 mm. Coloration and morphology. Ground color stramineous marked with orange and fuscous (Fig. 1 A–C). Fore margin of head with fuscous marks and light fasciae extending to scutellum, coronal sulcus prominent (Fig. 1 A–B). Face mostly brown, with paired white arcs corresponding to muscle scars of frontoclypeus (Fig. 1D). Pronotum with three pairs of fasciae. Scutellum with three fasciae (Fig. 1 A–B). Forewing pale ochraceous, with two distinct, irregular fuscous maculae, one at the apex of the clavus and the other at the base of the central anteapical cell, veins contrastingly pale, veins of apex bordered with fuscous. Mesosternum light brown. Femora and tibiae with fuscous marks (Fig. 1C). Head wider than pronotum, crown depressed, anterior margin distinctly angulate in dorsal view, slightly longer than distance between eyes (Fig. 1 A–B). Ocellus closely adjacent to eye on anterior margin of vertex (Fig. 1 A–C). Anteclypeus tapering toward the apex, not extended to ventral margin of face. Lorum semicircular, narrower than anteclypeus, well separated from lateral margin of face (Fig. 1D). Pronotum nearly as long as vertex (Fig. 1 A–B). Forewing macropterous, with four apical and three anteapical cells, inner anteapical cell open basally, costal area with one cross vein (Fig. 1C). Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with numerous apical macrosetae, longer than its height, hind margin rounded (Fig. 2 A–C). Subgenital plate subtriangular, lateral margin convex, length nearly as long as width. Valve rectangular (Fig. 2D). Style preapical lobe angulated, apophysis digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 2E). Connective slightly longer than aedeagus. Aedeagal shaft short, stout, more or less of uniform width, curved dorsally with ventral margin produced into small spine beyond gonopore (Fig. 2 F–G). Material examined. Holotype: 1 male, 4km up Black Mountain Road, via Kuranda, 14.ix.-12.x.1982, malaise trap (QM, T234944, ex QDPI). Paratypes: 1 male, same data as holotype (QDPI); 2 males, same data as previous but 14. ix– 12.x.1982, G. Simpson (QDPI); 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype but 12-26.x.1982 (QDPI); 3 males, 3 females, Moggill State Forest, 26 km W Brisbane, Queensland, 17.x.1983, M. E. Irwin, malaise trap in gully in eucalyptus (INHS); 1 male, Mount Baldy Rd via Atherton, N Queensland, vi.1981, J. D. Brown, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Tully Falls Rd, 10.iii.1956, J. L. Gressitt, light trap (BPB). Remarks. The male genitalia of this species are similar to those of Maiestas scriptus (Distant), from India (Webb & Viraktamath, 2009, Fig. 33) with a short and broad subgenital plate with lateral margin well rounded (Fig. 2D), style apophysis relatively long and straight (Fig. 2E), and aedeagal shaft short (Fig. 2 F–G), but Maiestas irwini differs in color pattern, the more strongly produced head (Fig. 1 A–B), and less acute aedeagal apex in dorsal view (Fig. 2F). The new species differs from other Australian species (see Fletcher, 2016) in coloration and genital morphology. Etymology. This species is named for M. E. Irwin who collected much of the type series., Published as part of Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, A new species of the leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant from Australia (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Deltocephalini), pp. 73-78 in ZooKeys 646 on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.646.10912

Maiestas serrata sp.n. (Figs 1���2) Length. Male: 2.5 mm. Coloration and morphology. Ground color stramineous marked with orange and brown (Fig. 1 A���D). Vertex, pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum with orange marks (Fig. 1 A���C). Face mostly brown with paired white arcs corresponding to muscle scars of frontoclypeus (Fig. 1 E). Forewing light brown with veins contrastingly pale, bordered with fuscous (Fig. 1 A���D). Mesosternum dark brown. Femora and tibiae with fuscous marks (Fig. 1 D). Head wider than pronotum, crown depressed, anterior margin distinctly angulate in dorsal view, nearly as long as distance between eyes (Fig. 1 A���B); ocellus close to adjacent eye (Fig. 1 C���D). Antenna longer than head width; anteclypeus parallel-sided, not extended to ventral margin of face; lorum semicircular, slightly narrower than anteclypeus, well separated from lateral margin of face (Fig. 1 E). Pronotum nearly as long as vertex. Forewing macropterous, with four apical and three anteapical cells, inner anteapical cell closed basally (Fig. 1 A���D). Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with numerous apical macrosetae, hind margin rounded (Fig. 2 A���B). Subgenital plate subtriangular, lateral margin weakly incurved, apex acute (Fig. 2 C). Style with long articulatory arm, preapical lobe angulate, apophysis digitate, apex acute, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 2 D). Connective obviously shorter than aedeagus. Aedeagal shaft elongate and very narrow, straight in lateral view with apex upturned and serrate laterally (Fig. 2 E���F). Material examined. Holotype: male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial, Thailand: Ubon Ratchathani Pha Taem NP Rong Hi Noy, 15�� 40��� 021" N, 105�� 30��� 440" E, 240 m, malaise trap, 1���7 i 2007, Thongkam & Pakdee, leg. T1476 (QSBG). Paratype: 1 male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial, Thailand: Ubon Ratchathani Pha Taem NP Khua Nang Nee, 15�� 24��� 285" N, 105�� 30��� 855" E, 193 m, malaise, 24 ii���3 iii 2007, Bunlu Subsiri, leg. T1674 (INHS). Remarks. This species will run to M. oryzae (Matsumura) in the key of Zhang & Duan (2011) and resembles that species in having the inner anteapical cell of the forewing closed, the pygofer lobe rounded and the aedeagus somewhat elongated and lacking a heel at the base of the shaft. It is also similar to M. scalpella Zhang & Duan and M. chalami Zahniser, McKamey & Dmitriev in the shape of the aedeagus but differs from the former in having the forewing without a dark brown spot and the inner anteapical cell closed basally (Fig. 1 A���D), the subgenital plate shorter (Fig. 2 C), the apex of the style more acute (Fig. 2 D), and the connective shorter; and from the latter in having the vertex and forewing without dark brown maculations (Fig. 1 A���D). Etymology. The specific epithet is based on the apical serrated lateral margins of the aedeagal shaft., Published as part of Duan, Yani & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2017, A new leafhopper species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Thailand, pp. 61-64 in Zootaxa 4247 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/437969, {"references":["Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zootaxa, 2870, 1 - 47."]}

Maiestas Distant Maiestas Distant, 1917: 312. Type species: Maiestas illustris Distant, 1917, by monotypy. Togacephalus Matsumura, 1940: 38. Type species: Deltocephalus distincta Motschulsky, 1859, by original designation. Inazuma Ishihara, 1953: 15. Type species: Deltocephalus dorsalis Motschulsky, 1859, by original designation. Inemadara Ishihara, 1953: 48. Type species: Deltocephalus oryzae Matsumura, 1902, by original designation. Insulanus Linnavuori, 1960: 303. Type species: Stirellus subviridis Metcalf, 1946, by original designation. Distribution. Old World. Remarks. This genus, comprising 98 species, differs from Deltocephalus Burmeister and Recilia Edwards by the aedeagal shaft being at most only slightly curved dorsally with apex entire and sometimes produced into a thin process or spine with the gonopore apical on the dorsal surface., Published as part of Duan, Yani & Dietrich, Christopher H., 2017, A new leafhopper species of Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Deltocephalini) from Thailand, pp. 61-64 in Zootaxa 4247 (1) on page 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/437969, {"references":["Distant, W. L. (1917) The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr J. Stanley Gardiner, M. A. Vol. VI, No. VII-Rhynchota, Part II: Suborder Homoptera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 17, 273 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1917. tb 00469. x","Matsumura, S. (1940) Homopterous insects collected at Kotosho (Botel Tabago) Formosa by Mr Tadao Kano. Insecta Matsumurana, 6, 34 - 51.","Motschulsky, V. I. (1859) Homopteres. In: Insectes des Indes orientales, et de contrees analogues. Etudes Entomologiques, redigees par Fictor de Motschulsky, 8, 25 - 118.","Ishihara, T. (1953) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Reports of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1 - 72.","Matsumura, S. (1902) Monographie der Jassinen Japans. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek. Kiadja a Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Budapest, 25, 353 - 404.","Linnavuori, R. E. (1960). Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Insects of Micronesia, 6, 225 - 344.","Metcalf, Z. P. (1946) Homoptera. Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 189, 105 - 148."]}

Maiestas irwini sp. n. Figs 1, 2 Length. Male: 2.6-3.0 mm. Coloration and morphology. Ground color stramineous marked with orange and fuscous (Fig. 1 A–C). Fore margin of head with fuscous marks and light fasciae extending to scutellum, coronal sulcus prominent (Fig. 1 A–B). Face mostly brown, with paired white arcs corresponding to muscle scars of frontoclypeus (Fig. 1D). Pronotum with three pairs of fasciae. Scutellum with three fasciae (Fig. 1 A–B). Forewing pale ochraceous, with two distinct, irregular fuscous maculae, one at the apex of the clavus and the other at the base of the central anteapical cell, veins contrastingly pale, veins of apex bordered with fuscous. Mesosternum light brown. Femora and tibiae with fuscous marks (Fig. 1C). Head wider than pronotum, crown depressed, anterior margin distinctly angulate in dorsal view, slightly longer than distance between eyes (Fig. 1 A–B). Ocellus closely adjacent to eye on anterior margin of vertex (Fig. 1 A–C). Anteclypeus tapering toward the apex, not extended to ventral margin of face. Lorum semicircular, narrower than anteclypeus, well separated from lateral margin of face (Fig. 1D). Pronotum nearly as long as vertex (Fig. 1 A–B). Forewing macropterous, with four apical and three anteapical cells, inner anteapical cell open basally, costal area with one cross vein (Fig. 1C). Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with numerous apical macrosetae, longer than its height, hind margin rounded (Fig. 2 A–C). Subgenital plate subtriangular, lateral margin convex, length nearly as long as width. Valve rectangular (Fig. 2D). Style preapical lobe angulated, apophysis digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 2E). Connective slightly longer than aedeagus. Aedeagal shaft short, stout, more or less of uniform width, curved dorsally with ventral margin produced into small spine beyond gonopore (Fig. 2 F–G). Material examined. Holotype: 1 male, 4km up Black Mountain Road, via Kuranda, 14.ix.-12.x.1982, malaise trap (QM, T234944, ex QDPI). Paratypes: 1 male, same data as holotype (QDPI); 2 males, same data as previous but 14. ix– 12.x.1982, G. Simpson (QDPI); 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype but 12-26.x.1982 (QDPI); 3 males, 3 females, Moggill State Forest, 26 km W Brisbane, Queensland, 17.x.1983, M. E. Irwin, malaise trap in gully in eucalyptus (INHS); 1 male, Mount Baldy Rd via Atherton, N Queensland, vi.1981, J. D. Brown, malaise trap (QDPI); 1 male, Tully Falls Rd, 10.iii.1956, J. L. Gressitt, light trap (BPB). Remarks. The male genitalia of this species are similar to those of Maiestas scriptus (Distant), from India (Webb & Viraktamath, 2009, Fig. 33) with a short and broad subgenital plate with lateral margin well rounded (Fig. 2D), style apophysis relatively long and straight (Fig. 2E), and aedeagal shaft short (Fig. 2 F–G), but Maiestas irwini differs in color pattern, the more strongly produced head (Fig. 1 A–B), and less acute aedeagal apex in dorsal view (Fig. 2F). The new species differs from other Australian species (see Fletcher, 2016) in coloration and genital morphology. Etymology. This species is named for M. E. Irwin who collected much of the type series.

Maiestas subsirii Duan sp. n. (Figs 5���6) Length. Male: 3.6 mm. Coloration and morphology. Pale yellow with brown marks. Crown with one brown dot on either side of median line on anteriorly, with three light brown patches (Fig. 5A). Face with paired white arcs on frontoclypeus (Fig. 5C). Pronotum with six light brown longitudinal bands. Mesonotum with central area and basal triangles light brown (Fig. 5A). Forewing brownish hyaline contrasting with white marking on veins; with a dark brown patch at middle of claval suture and another patch at m-cu1 (Fig. 5A���B). Legs with setal bases brown (Fig. 5B). Crown wider than pronotum. Crown depressed, anterior margin distinctly angulate in dorsal view, as long as distance between eyes (Fig. 5A). Anteclypeus tapering, not extended to ventral margin of genae (Fig. 5C). Forewing with numerous extra cross veins and four apical and three suabapical cells, inner subapical cell closed basally; appendix narrow (Fig. 5A���B). Male genitalia. Pygofer with posterior lobes moderately long and equilateral triangle; with numerous macrosetae (Fig. 6A). Subgenital plate subtriangular, lateral margin concave; with few lateral macrosetae (Fig. 6C). Style basal arms widely separated, articulating arm moderately long, lateral arm short; preapical lobe well developed, broadly triangular; apophysis relatively short and slim, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 6D). Connective nearly as long as aedeagus, linear with arms joined distally. Aedeagus with shaft short, slightly curved dorsally; without processes; with ventral margin extending beyond gonopore; gonopore subapical on dorsal surface (Fig. 6E���F). Material examined. Holotype: male, Thailand: Ubon Ratchathani Pha Taem NP Don Rong pond, 15��24.582���N, 105��30.935���E, 250 m, Malaise trap, 3���10 ii 2007, Bunlu Subsiri, leg. T1664 (QSBG). Etymology. This species is named for Bunlu Subsiri who collected the type specimen. Remarks. Externally, this species resembles Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf), M. parapruthii (Chalam & Rao) and M. menoni (Rao & Ramakrishnan) in having numerous extra cross veins in the forewing, but the latter three species have noticeably fewer cross veins and differ in the structure of the pygofer and aedeagus. Some other genera of Deltocephalini, including the two new genera described here, Matsumuratettix Metcalf and Polyamia DeLong, also have supernumerary forewing cross veins., Published as part of Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, New taxa and new records of Deltocephalini leafhoppers from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), pp. 363-373 in Zootaxa 4350 (2) on pages 368-369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1053068

Maiestas scripta (Distant, 1908). New record Deltocephalus scriptus Distant, 1908: 389. Maiestas scripta, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 41, Fig. 33. Material examined. 1 male, Thailand: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Prov., Bangkhen, 16 viii 1965, at light (BMNH). Remarks. This species was previously known only from Sri Lanka., Published as part of Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, New taxa and new records of Deltocephalini leafhoppers from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), pp. 363-373 in Zootaxa 4350 (2) on page 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1053068, {"references":["Distant, W. L. (1908). Rhynchota-Homoptera. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, 4, 1 - 501.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) Annotated checklist, 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."]}

Maiestas subsirii Duan sp. n. (Figs 5–6) Length. Male: 3.6 mm. Coloration and morphology. Pale yellow with brown marks. Crown with one brown dot on either side of median line on anteriorly, with three light brown patches (Fig. 5A). Face with paired white arcs on frontoclypeus (Fig. 5C). Pronotum with six light brown longitudinal bands. Mesonotum with central area and basal triangles light brown (Fig. 5A). Forewing brownish hyaline contrasting with white marking on veins; with a dark brown patch at middle of claval suture and another patch at m-cu1 (Fig. 5A–B). Legs with setal bases brown (Fig. 5B). Crown wider than pronotum. Crown depressed, anterior margin distinctly angulate in dorsal view, as long as distance between eyes (Fig. 5A). Anteclypeus tapering, not extended to ventral margin of genae (Fig. 5C). Forewing with numerous extra cross veins and four apical and three suabapical cells, inner subapical cell closed basally; appendix narrow (Fig. 5A–B). Male genitalia. Pygofer with posterior lobes moderately long and equilateral triangle; with numerous macrosetae (Fig. 6A). Subgenital plate subtriangular, lateral margin concave; with few lateral macrosetae (Fig. 6C). Style basal arms widely separated, articulating arm moderately long, lateral arm short; preapical lobe well developed, broadly triangular; apophysis relatively short and slim, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 6D). Connective nearly as long as aedeagus, linear with arms joined distally. Aedeagus with shaft short, slightly curved dorsally; without processes; with ventral margin extending beyond gonopore; gonopore subapical on dorsal surface (Fig. 6E–F). Material examined. Holotype: male, Thailand: Ubon Ratchathani Pha Taem NP Don Rong pond, 15°24.582′N, 105°30.935′E, 250 m, Malaise trap, 3–10 ii 2007, Bunlu Subsiri, leg. T1664 (QSBG). Etymology. This species is named for Bunlu Subsiri who collected the type specimen. Remarks. Externally, this species resembles Maiestas pruthii (Metcalf), M. parapruthii (Chalam & Rao) and M. menoni (Rao & Ramakrishnan) in having numerous extra cross veins in the forewing, but the latter three species have noticeably fewer cross veins and differ in the structure of the pygofer and aedeagus. Some other genera of Deltocephalini, including the two new genera described here, Matsumuratettix Metcalf and Polyamia DeLong, also have supernumerary forewing cross veins.

Maiestas dinghuensis Zhang & Duan, 2011. New record Maiestas dinghuensis Zhang & Duan, 2011: 34, Fig. 30, Plate IV: B. Material examined. 1 male, Thailand: Phetchabun, Nam Nao NP Helicopter landing ground, 16��43.113'N, 101��35.134'E, 889 m, Malaise trap, 3���10 vii 2006, Noopean Hongyothi, leg. T270 (INHS). Remarks. This species was previously recorded only from southern China., Published as part of Duan, Yani, Dietrich, Christopher H., Webb, Michael D. & Zhang, Yalin, 2017, New taxa and new records of Deltocephalini leafhoppers from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), pp. 363-373 in Zootaxa 4350 (2) on pages 370-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1053068, {"references":["Zhang, Y. L. & Duan, Y. N. (2011) Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China. Zootaxa, 2870, 1 - 47."]}

Maiestas rostriformis sp. nov. (Fig. 24; Plate III: E) Length. Male: 4.1mm. Light brown. Vertex light yellow with six small, dark brown marks on anterior margin, brown longitudinal band midway between eye and midline on each side (Plate III: E); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum light yellow with six brown longitudinal stripes (Plate III: E). Legs marked with dark brown. Forewing cells bordered fuscous (Plate III: E). Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate long, subtriangular, lateral margin almost straight, apex acute (Fig. 24 F); style, preapical lobe short and sharply angled, apophysis with preapical heel, laterally curved (Fig. 24 E); connective slightly longer than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft in lateral view broad basally, abruptly tapered at midlength to slim apex (Figs 24 C, 24 D). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Fujian Prov., Shouning, 30 July 2003, coll. Duan Yani (NWAFU). Additional material. One female with data: China, Fujian Prov., Nanping, 6 August 2003, coll. Duan Yani (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the abruptly tapered shaft at midlength (Figs 24 C, 24 D). The additional specimen is tentatively identified as this species. The hind margin of its seventh sternum has a distinctive v-shape median excavation (see Plate IV: I). Etymology. The name of this species is based on the beaklike shape of the aedeagus in lateral view., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas brevicula (Dash & Viraktamath) (Fig. 28; Plate III: I) New record. Deltocephalus (Recilia) breviculus Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 11 ���12, Figs 21���28. Maiestas brevicula, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 21. Material examined. China, Hainan Prov.:, 4 ����, Liangyuan, 29 May, 1 June 1983, Zhang Yalin, at light (NWAFU). Distribution. India; China (Hainan)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas dinghuensis sp. nov. (Fig. 30; Plate IV: B) Length. Male: 2.9 ���3.0mm. Stramineous. Vertex light yellow with brown marks, eye dark brown (Plate IV: B); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum and scutellum stramineous with six inconspicuous dark yellow longitudinal stripes (Plate IV: B). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing veins sordid, border of cells fuscous (Plate IV: B). Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell closed or open basally. Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with truncated hind margin (Fig. 30 A); subgenital plate very short, as long as wide, subtriangular, lateral margin convex (Fig. 30 B); style with preapical lobe moderately long, apically acute, apophysis tapered to narrowly rounded apex, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 30 C); connective similar in length to aedeagus, aedeagus with well developed basal heel, shaft with ventral margin strongly incurved basally (Figs 30 D, 30 E). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dinghushan, 18 July 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin (NWAFU). Paratypes: China, Guangxi Prov.: 2 ����, Mt. Yuanbaoshan, 12 August 2006, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU); Guangdong Prov.: 1 ��, Guangzhou, Conghualiangkou, Feishuyan, 2 May 2005, coll. Li Zhigang (GDEI). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its truncate hind margin of the male pygofer (Fig. 30 A), short and broad subgenital plate (Fig. 30 B) and aedeagus with a well developed basal heel and shaft with ventral margin strongly incurved basally (Fig. 30 E). Etymology. This name is based on the type locality., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas samuelsoni (Knight) (Fig. 16; Plate II: G) New record. Deltocephalus samuelsoni Knight, 1976: 96 ���97, Figs 4 a���c. Maiestas samuelsoni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 19, Fig. 41. Material examined. China, Sichuan Prov.: 2 ����, 1650m, August 1999, coll. Ma Ning; Guangdong Prov.: 2 ����, Shenzhen, July 1986; Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, Xinglong, 23 April 1983, at light; 1 ��, Xinglong, 28 April 1983; 2 ����, Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, at light; 1 ��, Lingshui, 6 May 1983, at light (BMNH); 1 ��, Yacheng, 8 June 1983; 1 ��, Yacheng, 8 June 1983, at light. All collected by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. Pacific islands (Kermadec; Norfolk Is.; Fiji; Philippines) and China (Sichuan, Guangdong, Hainan). Remarks. This is the first record of this species from mainland Asia., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Knight, W. J. (1976) The leafhoppers of Lord Howe, Norfolk, Kermadec, and Chatham Islands and their relationship to the fauna of New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 3, 89 - 98.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas scalpella sp. nov. (Fig. 25; Plate III: F) Length. Male: 3.0mm. Ochraceous. Vertex with small apical spots on anterior margin brownish (Plate III: F); face stramineous, frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing with central anteapical cell with basal dark brown spot. Forewing submacropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate long, subtriangular, lateral margin weakly incurved, apex acute (Fig. 25 C); style preapical lobe short, apophysis digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 25 B); connective slightly shorter than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft very narrow, relatively straight subbasally to apex in lateral view, apex with ventral margin serrate (Figs 25 D, 25 E). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Yuanbao, 12 August 2006, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the elongate and relatively straight aedeagal shaft (Figs 25 D, 25 E). Etymology. This name is based on the scalpel-like shape of the aedeagal apex., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas maculata (Pruthi) (Figs 33���35; Plate IV: E; Plate V: P; Plate VI: P) Cicadula maculata Pruthi, 1930: 58 ���59, Plate V, Fig. 2; Li & Wang, 1992: 216, Fig. 114. Thamnotettix prabha Pruthi, 1930: 62 ���63, Plate V, Fig. 6. Synonymised by Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 41. Deltocephalus (Recilia) prabha, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 31 ���32, Figs 252���259. Deltocephalus (Recilia) maculatus, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 32 ���33, Figs 260���269. Maiestas maculata, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 22. Redescription. Length. Male: 3.2���3.5mm; female: macropterous 3.3���3.6mm, submacropterous 2.8 ���3.0mm. Pale to chocolate brown. Vertex with variable black patches or patches absent (Figs 33 A���F; Plate IV: E). Face stramineous to dark brown, with or without black patches near bases of antennae and with or without a few oblique piceous striae laterally. Pronotum sometimes with black patches near anterior margin. Scutellum sometimes with black spot near basal angles (Figs 33 A���F; Plate IV: E). Legs with or without black patches. Forewing macropterous or submacropterous; inner anteapical cell open basally, sometimes outer anteapical cell absent. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate fairly short, subtriangular, lateral margin slightly convex (Fig. 34 J); style preapical lobe short, apophysis digitate, long and slightly sinuate (Fig. 34 K); connective as long as aedeagus, aedeagus, boat-shaped dorsally, in lateral view straight and narrow basally, wider in middle and thereafter gradually tapered to acute upturned apex (Figs 34 L, 34 M). Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternum as in Fig. 33 H, Plate V: P and Plate VI: P. Material examined. China, Yunnan Prov.: 135 ����, 65 ����, Tengchong, 1930m, 14 August 2005, coll. Yang Meixia (1 ��, 1 ��, BMNH); 15 ����, 8 ����, Mt. Diancangshan, 2173m, 4, 5 August 2004 (1 ��, BMNH); 3 ����, 1 ��, Mt. Zixishan, October 1999; 2 ����, Tengchong, 1700m, 16 August 2005; 1 ��, Yiliang, 1840m, 29 July 2005; 1 ��, Kunming, 1700m, 14 October 1987, coll. Chai Yonghui. All collected by Li Meng and NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. India; China (Anhui, Shanxi, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Yunnan). Remarks. Based on the material from China we confirm the synonymy of prabha with maculata given by Webb & Viraktamath (2009). Previously, Dash & Viraktamath (1998) had considered maculata to be a separate but related species to prabha. Accepted differences between the two species at that time were: in prabha the apex of the vertex has a black patch with three yellow spots (Fig. 33 E) instead of three black spots in maculata (Fig. 33 D); the forewing more uniformly darker brown; the aedeagal shaft lacking a basal lateral projection (Fig. 34 L) and its apex simple (Fig. 35 T) compared to the curved and hook-like apex in maculata (Fig. 35 W). From examining many specimens from Yunnan China, we found all intermediates in the above structures (see Figs 33 A���F, 35 Q���W)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 37-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Pruthi, H. S. (1930) Studies on Indian Jassidae (Homoptera). Part I. Introductory and description and some new genera and species. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, 11, 1 - 68.","Li, Z. Z. & Wang, L. M. (1992) The agriculture and forestry insect fauna of Guizhou vol. 4 (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Guizhou Science and Technology Press, Guiyang, 304 pp.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59."]}

Maiestas crura sp. nov. (Fig. 23; Plate IV: H) Length. Male: 3.9mm. Stramineous. Face stramineous, frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing light brown. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate very long, subtriangular, lateral margin almost straight, apex acute (Fig. 23 B); style preapical lobe short, apophysis with preapical heel, laterally curved (Fig. 23 C); connective slightly longer than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft in lateral view sinuate, slightly broader basally and tapered to obliquely truncate apex, the latter with ventral margin serrate (Figs 23 D, 23 E). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Yunnan Prov., Menglun, 9 May 1991, coll. Wang Yinglun & Tian Rungang (NWAFU). Remarks. This species closely resembles remigia, but the subgenital plate is triangular (Fig. 23 B) and the apex of style apophysis foot-like (Fig. 23 C). Etymology. The species name is based on the foot-like apex of the style apophysis., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas tareni (Dash & Viraktamath) (Fig. 18; Plate II: I) New record. Deltocephalus (Recilia) tareni Dash & Viraktamath, 1995: 74 ���76, Figs 1���15; Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 16, Figs 78���84. Maiestas tareni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 22; Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, Plate 2 d, Fig. 11. Material examined. China, Sichuan Prov.: 1 ��, Mt. Emei, Xixiangchi, 9 September 1998, coll. Zhou Jingruo, Zheng Shuling & Xu Qiuyuan; Yunnan Prov.: 1 ��, Wayaobao, 1400m, 23���26 June 1974, coll. Zhou Yao & Yuan Feng; 3 ����, Simao, 1331m, 9 July 2005, coll. Lu Lin; Hainan Prov.: 4 ����, Bawangling, 23 May 1983; 1 ��, Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, at light; 1 ��, Tongshen, 7 June 1983, at light (BMNH). All collected by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. India; Pakistan; China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1995) Two new species of grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Recilia) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from Orissa, India. Hexapoda, 7, 71 - 78.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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.","Khatri, I. & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365, 1 - 47."]}

Maiestas yangae sp. nov. (Fig. 32; Plate IV: D) Length. Male: 3.7���3.9mm. Stramineous. Vertex ivory with pale brown marks (Plate IV: D); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum light yellow with six inconspicuous brown longitudinal bands (Plate IV: D). Legs marked with brown. Forewing with veins bordered brown (Plate IV: D). 32. M. yangae sp. nov. A: male pygofer lobe, lateral view; B: style, dorsal view; C: apex of style, dorsal view; D: subgenital plate, ventral view; E & F: aedeagus and connective, dorsal and lateral view. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate fairly short, subtriangular, lateral margin slightly convex (Fig. 32 D); style abruptly tapered to narrowly rounded apex from midlength (Figs 32 B, 32 C); aedeagal shaft fairly short, shorter than connective, broad in dorsal view, sometimes with a few spicules (Figs 32 E, 32 F). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Hunan Prov., Changde, Huanan Factory, 23 July 2002, coll. Sun Qinxia. Paratypes: China, Jilin Prov.: 1 ��, Manjiang, 11 August 2004, coll. Shang Suqin; Liaoning Prov.: 2 ����, Mt. Yiwulushan, 14 July 2006, coll. Zhang Xinmin, at light (1 ��, BMNH); Hunan Prov.: 1 ��, Mt. Hengshan, 2 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; 1 ��, Chenzhou, 16 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Jiangxi Prov.: 1 ��, Pingxiang, 5 August 2002, coll. Yuan Zhonglin; 1 ��, Pingxiang, Lianhua, 4 August 2002, coll. Sun Qinxia; Anhui Prov.: 1 ��, Paoji, 35m, 2 September 2006, coll. Yang Meixia, at light. All NWAFU, except where indicated. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagal shaft in dorsal view. Slight variation in the style apophysis was noted (compare Figs 32 B and 32 C). Etymology. This species is named for our colleague Meixia Yang who has collected many of the specimens in this study., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas schmidtgeni (Wagner) (Fig. 8; Plate I: I) Deltocephalus schmidtgeni Wagner, 1939: 164, Figs 240���242. Deltocephalus (Recilia) schmidtgeni, Ribaut, 1952: 250, Figs 613���615. Recilia schmidtgeni, Zhang, 1990, Fig. 75. Maiestas schmidtgeni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16, Fig. 17. Material examined. 1 ��, China, Xinjiang Prov., Yining, Qinggang Forest Park, 28 July 2006, coll. Dai Wu & Kang Juxia (NWAFU). Distribution. Europe; Africa; Asia., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Wagner, W. (1939) Die Zikaden des Mainzer Beckens. Zugleich eine Revision der Kirschbaumschen Arten aus der Umgebung von Wiesbaden. Jahrbucher des Vereins fur Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau, 86, 77 - 212.","Ribaut, H. (1952) Homopteras Auchenorhynques. II (Jassidae). Faune de France, 57, 1 - 474.","Zhang, Y. L. (1990) A taxonomic study of Chinese Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Tianze Eldonejo, Yangling, Shaanxi, China, 218 pp.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas remigia sp. nov. (Fig. 21; Plate III: C; Plate IV: F; Plate VI: N) Length. Male: 3.8���3.9mm; female: 4.3���4.5mm. Stramineous (Plate III: C). Vertex light yellow with six small, dark brown dots on anterior margin, brown longitudinal band midway between eye and midline, eye from brown to dark (Plate III: C); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum and scutellum stramineous (Plate III: C). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing light brown, bor- der of cells fuscous (Plate III: C). Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate lateral margin slightly convex, apex bluntly rounded (Fig. 21 C); style very long, preapical lobe short and narrow, apophysis digitate, slightly upturned distally (Fig. 21 D); connective lightly longer than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft in lateral view sinuate, slightly broader basally and tapered to obliquely truncate apex (Figs 21 E, 21 F). Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternum with large median U-shape excavation (see Plate IV: F and Plate VI: N). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Fangcheng, Mt. Pinglongshan, 2 December 2001, coll. He Zhiqiang. Paratypes: China, 1 ��, same data as holotype; Guangxi Autonomous Region: 1 ��, Daxinxialei, 650m, 1 March 1998, coll. Huang Fusheng (IZCAS); 2 ��, Fangcheng, Tongzhong, 3 December 2001, coll. He Zhiqiang (1 ��, BMNH); Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, Yacheng, 16 May 1983; 1 ��, Bawangling, 25 May 1983; 1 ��, Liangyuan, 30 May 1983; 1 ��, 2 ����, Liangyuan, 1 June 1983; 1 ��, Qiongzhong, 5 June 1983; 3 ����, Tongshen, 7 June 1983; 1 ��, Tongshen, 7 June 1983 (BMNH). All collected at light by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated. Remarks. This species is closely resembles to crura, but the subgenital plate has a more rounded lateral margin and apex (Fig. 21 C) and the style apophysis is smooth (Fig. 21 D). Etymology. The name of this species is based on the oar-like shape of the connective and aedeagus in lateral view., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas latifrons (Matsumura) (Fig. 13; Plate II: D; Plate V: K���L; Plate VI: K) New record. Deltocephalus latifrons Matsumura, 1902: 393, Fig. 20. Maiestas latifrons, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16, Fig. 15. Material examined. China, Shaanxi Prov.: 3 ����, Yangling, July 1986, coll. Zhang Yalin; Hubei Prov.: 1 ��, Wufeng, Duling, 11 July 2006, coll. Lu Lin; Hunan Prov.: 18 ����, 15 ����, Huanan Factory, July 2002, coll. Sun Qinxia; Jiangxi Prov.: 1 ��, Nanchang, Meiling, 50m, 25 July 2000, coll. Lin Yujian, at light; Zhejiang Prov.: 1 ��, County Deqing, 23 July 2005, coll. Duan Yani; Fujian Prov.: 5 ����, 3 ����, Mt. Longxishan, 5 August 2006, coll. Yang Meixia; Guangdong Prov.: 1 ��, City Guangzhou, 21 April 2005; Sichuan Prov.: 1 ��, City Guangyuan, 6 August 2006, coll. Lu Lin; Guangxi Prov.: 1 ��, Huaping, 30 August 2000, coll. Liu Zhenjiang; Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light; Yunnan Prov.: 1 ��, Tengchong, Park Huoshan, 1930m, 14 August 2005, coll. Yang Meixia. All NWAFU. Distribution. Korea; Japan; Soviet Maritime Territory and widespread in China. Remarks. Variation in the shape and length of the style apophysis was noted as shown in Figs 13 E and 13 F. As all specimens have the same aedeagus they are considered to be the same species., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Matsumura, S. (1902) Monographie der Jassinen Japans. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek. Kiadja a Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Budapest, 25, 353 - 404.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas pileiformis sp. nov. (Fig. 19; Plate IV: G) Length. Male: 2.6mm. Ochraceous. Vertex with sinuate oblique line on either side of median line on antero-lateral margin, patch on either side of median line (Plate IV: G). Pronotum with three longitudinal stripes on either side of median line (Plate IV: G). Basal triangles on scutellum orange (Plate IV: G). Forewing veins margined by brown. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell closed basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, apex acute (Fig. 19 C); style, preapical lobe short and broad, apophysis short and slim, digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 19 D); aedeagal shaft tapering to apex in dorsal view, apex slightly curved dorsally, with ventral triangular membranous area in lateral view (Figs 19 E, 19 F). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Hainan Prov., Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by short and slim style apophysis (Fig. 19 D) and the ventral triangular membranous area at the apex of the aedeagus (Fig. 19 F). Etymology. This name is based on the triangular membranous area on the apex of the aedeagus., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas horvathi (Then) (Fig. 31; Plate IV: C) New record. Thamnotettix horvathi Then, 1896: 193. Maiestas horvathi, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16, Fig. 16. Length. Male: 3.5���3.7mm. Material examined. China, Liaoning Prov.: 1 ��, Shenyang, Dongling, 110m, 15 August 2004, coll. Shang Suqin; 1 ��, Mt. Yiwulushan, 14 July 2006, coll. Zhang Xinmin, at light (BMNH); Heilongjiang Prov.: 1 ��, Liumao River, 850m, 15 August 2004, coll. Shang Suqin; Xinjiang Prov.: 1 ��, Wushi, Banong, 8 September 1986, coll. Zhang Yalin; Tianjin Town: 7 ����, Jixian, Mt. Baxianshan, 17 August 2006, coll. Duan Yani; Hunan Prov.: 2 ����, Mt. Hengshan, 2 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui. All NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. Widespread in Europe and China (Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Tianjin, Hunan). Remarks. An unusual degree of variation is found in the shape and length of the style apophysis in this species (see Figs 31 D and 31 E). As all specimens have the same aedeagus they are tentatively considered to be one of the same species., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Then, F. (1896) Neue Arten der Cicadinen-Gattungen Deltocephalus und Thamnotettix. Mitteilungen Naturwissenschaftliche Vereines fur Steiermark, 32, 165 - 179 + 1 plate.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas subviridis (Metcalf) (Fig. 17; Plate II: H) New record. Stirellus subviridis Metcalf, 1946: 125. Synonymised with hopponis (Matsumura) by Linnavuori, 1975: 617, in error. Deltocephalus (Recilia) subviridis, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 24, Figs 166���172. Maiestas subviridis, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 19, Fig. 40; Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, Plate 2 b���c, Fig. 12. Material examined. China, Yunnan Prov.: 3 ����, Menglun, 26 July 2005, coll. Lu Lin, at light; Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, Liangyuan, 31 May 1983; 3 ����, Yacheng, 12 May 1983; 12 ����, Jianfengling, 18 May 1983, at light; 1 ��, Bawangling, 23 May 1983 (BMNH). All collected by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. Pacific; India; Pakistan; China (Yunnan, Hainan)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Metcalf, Z. P. (1946) Homoptera. Fulgoroidea and Jassoidea of Guam. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 189, 105 - 148.","Linnavuori, R. (1975) Homoptera: Cicadellidae, Supplement. Insects of Micronesia, 6 (9), 611 - 632.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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.","Khatri, I. & Webb, M. D. (2010) The Deltocephalinae leafhoppers of Pakistan (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Zootaxa, 2365, 1 - 47."]}

Maiestas webbi sp. nov. (Fig. 29; Plate IV: A; Plate V: O; Plate VI: O) Length. Male: 4.2���4.3mm; female: 4.8���5.2mm. Stramineous. Vertex light yellow with light brown or brown marks (Fig. 29 A; Plate IV: A); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum and scutellum with six dark yellow longitudinal stripes (Fig. 29 A; Plate IV: A). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell closed basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate very short, as long as wide, lateral margin and apex broadly rounded (Fig. 29 D); style preapical lobe relatively long and narrow, apophysis digitate, abruptly tapered distally to narrow apex, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 29 E); connective nearly as long as aedeagus, aedeagus with well developed basal heel, shaft moderately long, with apex slightly upturned (Figs 29 F, 29 G). Female genitalia. Hind margin of seventh sternum as in Plate V: O and Plate VI: O. Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Shaanxi Prov., Liuba, 20 July 1995, coll. Zhang Wenzhou & Ren Liyun. Paratypes: China: 3 ����, 5 ����, same data as holotype; Shaanxi Prov.: 4 ����, Liuba, 18, 19 July 1995, coll. Zhang Wenzhou & Ren Liyun; Zhejiang Prov.: 6 ����, 5 ����, Wulingkeng, 11 August 2003, coll. Dai Wu; Fujian Prov.: 2 ��, Mt. Wuyishan, Pikeng, 20 July 2003 (1 ��, BMNH); 1 ��, Jiangshi, 30 July 2003; 1 ��, Mt. Longxishani, 5 August 2003. All collected by Yang Meixia and NWAFU, except where indicated. Remarks. This species can be distinguished by rounded apex of subgenital plate (Fig. 29 D) and basal heel of the aedeagus (Fig. 29 G). Etymology. This species is named for M. D. Webb who has made excellent contributions to the taxonomy of the Deltocephalus group., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas pararemigia sp. nov. (Fig. 22; Plate III: D) Length. Male: 4.1mm. Coloration and external appearance similar to remigia. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, middle of lateral margin slightly concave, apex acute (Fig. 22 B); style preapical lobe broad, slightly produced, apophysis digitate, tapered to narrow apex (Fig. 22 C); connective very long, more than 1.5 x aedeagus, aedeagal shaft distinctly tapered from base to slightly swollen apex in lateral view (Figs 22 D, 22 E). Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Yunnan Prov., Tengchong, 1100m, 22 June 2007, coll. Wei Cong (NWAFU). Remarks. This species closely resembles remigia, but differs in the shape of the subgenital plate, style and apex of the aedeagal shaft. Etymology. The species name is based on the similarity of the species to remigia.

Maiestas oryzae (Matsumura) (Fig. 12; Plate II: C; Plate V: H; Plate VI: H) Deltocephalus oryzae Matsumura, 1902: 390; Kuoh, 1966: 127, Fig. 113. Inemadara oryzae, Ishihara, 1953: 48, Fig. 2, Plate 4. Recilia (Togacephalus) oryzae, Kwon & Lee, 1979: 77, Figs 5 (1���6). Maiestas oryzae, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16. Material examined. China, Jiangxi Prov.: 4 ����, Pingxiang, Lianhua, 4, 5 August 2002; Zhejiang Prov.: 1 ��, Deqing, Wukang, 22 July 2005; 1 ��, Wuyanling, 680m, 28 July 2005; 4 ����, Wuyanling, 680m, 30 July 2005. All collected by Duan Yani, at light, NWAFU. Distribution. Japan; Korea and widespread in China., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Matsumura, S. (1902) Monographie der Jassinen Japans. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek. Kiadja a Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Budapest, 25, 353 - 404.","Kuoh, C. L. (1966) Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 10. Science Press, Beijing, 160 pp.","Ishihara, T. (1953) A tentative check list of the superfamily Cicadelloidea of Japan (Homoptera). Scientific Report of the Matsuyama Agricultural College, 11, 1 - 72.","Kwon, Y. J. & Lee, C. E. (1979) On some new and little known Palaearctic species of leafhoppers (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 9 (2), 69 - 79.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky) (Figs 6, 7; Plate I: H; Plate V: D; Plate VI: D) Deltocephalus dorsalis Motschulsky, 1859: 114; Kuoh, 1966, Fig. 116. Deltocephalus (Recilia) dorsalis, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 27, Figs 202���207. Maiestas dorsalis, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16, Fig. 36. Material examined. China, Shaanxi Prov.: 10 ����, 29 ����, Xixiang County, October 1980, coll. Liu Shaoyou; Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, 1 ��, Jianfengling, 25 August 2002, coll. Wang Zongqing, Che Yanli & Wang Peiming; 1 ��, Maoa Town, 3 August 2010, coll. Sun Jing. All NWAFU. Distribution. Palaearctic and Oriental Region. Remarks. This species is vector of rice orange leaf disease, rice tungro bacilliform virus disease, rice dwarf virus disease and rice tungro spherical virus disease., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Motschulsky, V. I. (1859) Homopteres. In: Insectes des Indes orientales, et de contrees analogues. Etudes Entomologiques, redigees par Victor de Motschulsky, 8, 25 - 118.","Kuoh, C. L. (1966) Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 10. Science Press, Beijing, 160 pp.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas bilineata (Dash & Viraktamath) (Fig. 27; Plate III: H) New record. Deltocephalus (Recilia) bilineatus Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 14, Figs 52���58. Maiestas bilineata, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 21. Material examined. China, Guangxi Prov.: 1 ��, Fangcheng, Naqin, 1 December 2001, coll. He Zhiqiang; Guangdong Prov.: 1 ��, Dianbai, 13 April 1983; Hainan Prov.: 5 ����, Tongshen, 7 June 1983, at light (1 ��, BMNH); Fujian Prov.: 1 ��, Mt. Wuyishan, Sangang, 19 July 2006, coll. Yang Meixia. All collected by Zhang Yalin and NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. India; China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas pararemigia sp. nov. (Fig. 22; Plate III: D) Length. Male: 4.1mm. Coloration and external appearance similar to remigia. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, middle of lateral margin slightly concave, apex acute (Fig. 22 B); style preapical lobe broad, slightly produced, apophysis digitate, tapered to narrow apex (Fig. 22 C); connective very long, more than 1.5 x aedeagus, aedeagal shaft distinctly tapered from base to slightly swollen apex in lateral view (Figs 22 D, 22 E). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Yunnan Prov., Tengchong, 1100m, 22 June 2007, coll. Wei Cong (NWAFU). Remarks. This species closely resembles remigia, but differs in the shape of the subgenital plate, style and apex of the aedeagal shaft. Etymology. The species name is based on the similarity of the species to remigia., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas obongsanensis (Kwon & Lee) (Fig. 10; Plate II: B; Plate V: I���J; Plate VI: I���J) New record. Recilia (Togacephalus) obongsanesis Kwon & Lee, 1979: 78, Fig. 6. Maiestas obongsanesis, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 16. Material examined. China, Liaoning Prov.: 1 ��, 1 ��, Mt. Yiwulvshan, 14 July 2006, coll. Yuan Zhonglin; Jiangxi Prov.: Pingxiang, Fanglou, 5 August 2002, 1��, coll. Yuan Zhonglin, 1 ��, coll. Sun Qinxia (BMNH); Hunan Prov.: 1 ��, Chenzhou, 16 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; 1 ��, Chenzhou, 2 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Zhejiang Prov.: 3 ����, 18 ����, Wuyanling, 650m, 28 July 2005, coll. Duan Yani, at light. All NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. Korean; China (Liaoning, Jiangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang)., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Kwon, Y. J. & Lee, C. E. (1979) On some new and little known Palaearctic species of leafhoppers (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae). Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 9 (2), 69 - 79.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas dinghuensis sp. nov. (Fig. 30; Plate IV: B) Length. Male: 2.9 –3.0mm. Stramineous. Vertex light yellow with brown marks, eye dark brown (Plate IV: B); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum and scutellum stramineous with six inconspicuous dark yellow longitudinal stripes (Plate IV: B). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing veins sordid, border of cells fuscous (Plate IV: B). Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell closed or open basally. Male genitalia. Pygofer lobe with truncated hind margin (Fig. 30 A); subgenital plate very short, as long as wide, subtriangular, lateral margin convex (Fig. 30 B); style with preapical lobe moderately long, apically acute, apophysis tapered to narrowly rounded apex, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 30 C); connective similar in length to aedeagus, aedeagus with well developed basal heel, shaft with ventral margin strongly incurved basally (Figs 30 D, 30 E). Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Guangdong Prov., Mt. Dinghushan, 18 July 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin (NWAFU). Paratypes: China, Guangxi Prov.: 2 ɗɗ, Mt. Yuanbaoshan, 12 August 2006, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU); Guangdong Prov.: 1 ɗ, Guangzhou, Conghualiangkou, Feishuyan, 2 May 2005, coll. Li Zhigang (GDEI). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its truncate hind margin of the male pygofer (Fig. 30 A), short and broad subgenital plate (Fig. 30 B) and aedeagus with a well developed basal heel and shaft with ventral margin strongly incurved basally (Fig. 30 E). Etymology. This name is based on the type locality.

Maiestas pileiformis sp. nov. (Fig. 19; Plate IV: G) Length. Male: 2.6mm. Ochraceous. Vertex with sinuate oblique line on either side of median line on antero-lateral margin, patch on either side of median line (Plate IV: G). Pronotum with three longitudinal stripes on either side of median line (Plate IV: G). Basal triangles on scutellum orange (Plate IV: G). Forewing veins margined by brown. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell closed basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate subtriangular, apex acute (Fig. 19 C); style, preapical lobe short and broad, apophysis short and slim, digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 19 D); aedeagal shaft tapering to apex in dorsal view, apex slightly curved dorsally, with ventral triangular membranous area in lateral view (Figs 19 E, 19 F). Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Hainan Prov., Liangyuan, 29 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by short and slim style apophysis (Fig. 19 D) and the ventral triangular membranous area at the apex of the aedeagus (Fig. 19 F). Etymology. This name is based on the triangular membranous area on the apex of the aedeagus.

Key to species of the Maiestas from China (Males) 1. Forewing with dark zig-zag marking (Plate I: H)..................................................... M. dorsalis - Forewing without zig-zag marking........................................................................ 2 2. Subgenital plate without macrosetae (Fig. 11 A)....................................................... M. glabra - Subgenital plate with lateral macrosetae.................................................................... 3 3. Pygofer lobe with truncated hind margin (Fig. 30 A)........................................ M. dinghuensis sp. nov. - Pygofer lobe with rounded hind margin.................................................................... 4 4. Inner anteapical cell closed basally........................................................................ 5 - Inner anteapical cell open basally (Fig. 33 I)................................................................ 10 5. Aedeagus with heel at base of shaft (Figs 27 E, 28 E, 29 G)...................................................... 6 - Aedeagus without heel at base of shaft..................................................................... 8 6. Apophysis of style thumb-like (Fig. 28 C).......................................................... M. brevicula - Apophysis of style digitate (Figs 27 C, 29 E)................................................................. 7 7. Subgenital plate with apex broadly rounded (Fig. 29 D).......................................... M. webbi sp. nov. - Subgenital plate with apex narrowly rounded (Fig. 27 B).............................................. M. bilineata 8. Apex of aedeagal shaft with ventral triangular membranous area in lateral view (Fig. 19 F)........... M. pileiformis sp. nov. - Apex of aedeagal shaft without triangular membranous area in lateral view........................................ 9 9. Aedeagal shaft with ventral margin extending beyond gonopore process-like (Fig. 8 C).................... M. schmidtgeni - Aedeagal shaft with ventral margin not extending beyond gonopore process-like (Fig. 12 F).................... M. oryzae 10. Style apophysis very slender, with an acutely pointed apex (Figs 16 C, 17 C)...................................... 11 - Style apophysis broad or slender with blunt apex............................................................ 12 11. Subgenital plate long, outer margin slightly concave (Fig. 16 B)...................................... M. samuelsoni - Subgenital plate short, outer margin slightly convex (Fig. 17 B)....................................... M. subviridis 12. Style apophysis foot-like (Figs 23 C, 24 E)................................................................. 13 - Style apophysis digitate................................................................................ 14 13. Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin serrate (Fig. 23 E)........................................ M. crura sp. nov. - Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin smooth (Fig. 24 D).................................. M. rostriformis sp. nov. 14. Subgenital plate not subtriangular (Figs 9 A, 21 C)........................................................... 15 - Subgenital plate subtriangular (Fig. 25 C).................................................................. 16 15. Subgenital plate elongate (Fig. 21 C)........................................................ M. remigia sp. nov. - Subgenital plate short and broad (Fig. 9 A)......................................................... M. distincta 16. Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin serrate (Fig. 25 E)..................................... M. scalpella sp. nov. - Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin smooth............................................................ 17 17. Aedeagal shaft widest at midlength (Fig. 34 L)...................................................... M. maculata - Aedeagal shaft widest at base........................................................................... 18 18. Style apophysis narrow (Figs 15 D, 20 C).................................................................. 19 - Style apophysis broad................................................................................. 20 19. Connective distinctively longer than aedeagus (Fig. 20 D)....................................... M. cultella sp. nov. - Connective nearly equal in length to aedeagus (Fig. 15 F)........................................ M. xanthocephala. 20. Style apophysis short (Fig. 26 C); apex of aedeagal shaft hooked apically in lateral view (Fig. 26 E)......... M. irisa sp. nov. - Style apophysis moderately long; aedeagal shaft not hooked apically in lateral view................................ 21 21. Forewing with brown spot on clavus (Plate II: B).............................................. M. obongsanensis - Forewing without brown spot on clavus................................................................... 22 22. Connective distinctively longer than aedeagus (Fig. 22 D)................................... M. pararemigia sp. nov. - Connective nearly equal in length to aedeagus.............................................................. 23 23. Subgenital plate lateral margin distinctly convex (Fig. 18 B)............................................. M. tareni - Subgenital plate lateral margin slightly convex............................................................. 24 24. Aedeagal shaft elongate (Figs 13 H, 14 D).................................................................. 25 - Aedeagal shaft broad (Figs 31 B, 32 E).................................................................... 26 25. Vertex slightly longer medially than next to eye and slightly shorter than length of pronotum (Plate II: D)....... M. latifrons - Vertex distinctly longer medially than next to eye and slightly shorter than length of pronotum (Plate II: E)..................................................................................................... M. heuksandoensis 26. Style apophysis not swollen in middle (Figs 31 D, 31 E)............................................... M. horvathi - Style apophysis swollen in middle (Figs 32 B, 32 C)............................................. M. yangae sp. nov., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Maiestas scalpella sp. nov. (Fig. 25; Plate III: F) Length. Male: 3.0mm. Ochraceous. Vertex with small apical spots on anterior margin brownish (Plate III: F); face stramineous, frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing with central anteapical cell with basal dark brown spot. Forewing submacropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate long, subtriangular, lateral margin weakly incurved, apex acute (Fig. 25 C); style preapical lobe short, apophysis digitate, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 25 B); connective slightly shorter than aedeagus, aedeagal shaft very narrow, relatively straight subbasally to apex in lateral view, apex with ventral margin serrate (Figs 25 D, 25 E). Material examined. Holotype: ɗ, China, Guangxi Autonomous Region, Mt. Yuanbao, 12 August 2006, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the elongate and relatively straight aedeagal shaft (Figs 25 D, 25 E). Etymology. This name is based on the scalpel-like shape of the aedeagal apex.

Maiestas distincta (Motschulsky) (Fig. 9; Plate II: A; Plate V: E���G; Plate VI: E���G) Deltocephalus distinstus (sic) Motschulsky, 1859: 112; Merino, 1936: 397. Deltocephalus distinctus, Kuoh, 1966, Fig. 117. Deltocephalus (Recilia) distinctus, Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 27, Figs 208���216. Maiestas distincta, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 18, Fig. 34. Material examined. China, Jiangxi Prov.: 1 ��, Pingxiang, Lianhua, 4 August 2002, coll. Sun Qinxia; Zhejiang Prov.: 7 ����, 23 ����, Deqing, Wukang, 22 July 2005, coll. Duan Yani, at light (1 ��, BMNH); Hunan Prov.: 1 ��, Chenzhou, 3 August 1985, coll. Zhang Yalin & Chai Yonghui; Fujian Prov.: 1 ��, Shaowu County, Dazhulan, 19 July 1963, coll. Zhou Yao; Yunnan Prov.: 1 ��, Mengna, 6 November 1987, coll. Chai Yonghui & Liu Lan; Guangxi Autonomous Region: 1 ��, Shangsi, Hongqi Forest Farm, 480m, 17 March 1998, coll. Huang Fusheng (IZCAS); Hainan Prov.: 1 ��, Lingshuinanwan, 6 May 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin (BMNH); 2 ����, 4 ����, 8 June 1983, coll. Zhang Yalin, at light. All NWAFU, except where indicated. Distribution. Widespread in Palaeotropical Region including China., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115, {"references":["Motschulsky, V. I. (1859) Homopteres. In: Insectes des Indes orientales, et de contrees analogues. Etudes Entomologiques, redigees par Victor de Motschulsky, 8, 25 - 118.","Merino, G. (1936) Philippine Cicadellidae (Homoptera). Philippine Journal of Science, 61, 307 - 400.","Kuoh, C. L. (1966) Homoptera: Cicadellidae. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 10. Science Press, Beijing, 160 pp.","Dash, P. C. & Viraktamath, C. A. (1998) A review of the Indian and Nepalese grass feeding leafhopper genus Deltocephalus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) with description of new species. Hexapoda, 10 (1 & 2), 1 - 59.","Webb, M. D. & Viraktamath, C. A. (2009) 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."]}

Maiestas irisa sp. nov. (Fig. 26; Plate III: G) Length. Male: 4.0mm. Head and pronotum pale yellow; vertex with six small, dark brown marks on anterior margin, some yellow brown patches on vertex (Plate III: G); frontoclypeus with fuscous arcs. Pronotum with six yellow brown longitudinal stripes (Plate III: G). Leg marked with dark brown. Forewing light brown, cells bordered with dark brown, sometimes fuscous spots present at base of central subapical cell and claval area. Forewing macropterous, inner anteapical cell open basally. Male genitalia. Subgenital plate short, subtriangular, lateral margin almost straight, apex acute (Fig. 26 B); style preapical lobe short and narrow, apophysis short and robust, tapered to acute apex over distal half, slightly laterally curved (Fig. 26 C); connective as long as aedeagus, aedeagal shaft in lateral view narrow, upturned hook-like apically (Figs 26 D, 26 E). Material examined. Holotype: ��, China, Zhejiang Prov., Mt. Gutianshan, 17 August 2003, coll. Dai Wu, at light (NWAFU). Paratypes: 1 ��, same data as holotype (BMNH); 1 ��, China, Yantai, Mt. Kunlunshan, 12 July 2001, coll. Qin Daozheng & Liu Zhenjiang, at light (NWAFU). Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the narrow aedeagal shaft which is upturned and hook-like apically (Figs 26 D, 26 E). Etymology. This name is based on the rainbow-like shape of the aedeagus in lateral view., Published as part of Zhang, Yalin & Duan, Yani, 2011, Review of the Deltocephalus group of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 2870 on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.206115

Key to species of the Maiestas from China (Males) 1. Forewing with dark zig-zag marking (Plate I: H)..................................................... M. dorsalis - Forewing without zig-zag marking........................................................................ 2 2. Subgenital plate without macrosetae (Fig. 11 A)....................................................... M. glabra - Subgenital plate with lateral macrosetae.................................................................... 3 3. Pygofer lobe with truncated hind margin (Fig. 30 A)........................................ M. dinghuensis sp. nov. - Pygofer lobe with rounded hind margin.................................................................... 4 4. Inner anteapical cell closed basally........................................................................ 5 - Inner anteapical cell open basally (Fig. 33 I)................................................................ 10 5. Aedeagus with heel at base of shaft (Figs 27 E, 28 E, 29 G)...................................................... 6 - Aedeagus without heel at base of shaft..................................................................... 8 6. Apophysis of style thumb-like (Fig. 28 C).......................................................... M. brevicula - Apophysis of style digitate (Figs 27 C, 29 E)................................................................. 7 7. Subgenital plate with apex broadly rounded (Fig. 29 D).......................................... M. webbi sp. nov. - Subgenital plate with apex narrowly rounded (Fig. 27 B).............................................. M. bilineata 8. Apex of aedeagal shaft with ventral triangular membranous area in lateral view (Fig. 19 F)........... M. pileiformis sp. nov. - Apex of aedeagal shaft without triangular membranous area in lateral view........................................ 9 9. Aedeagal shaft with ventral margin extending beyond gonopore process-like (Fig. 8 C).................... M. schmidtgeni - Aedeagal shaft with ventral margin not extending beyond gonopore process-like (Fig. 12 F).................... M. oryzae 10. Style apophysis very slender, with an acutely pointed apex (Figs 16 C, 17 C)...................................... 11 - Style apophysis broad or slender with blunt apex............................................................ 12 11. Subgenital plate long, outer margin slightly concave (Fig. 16 B)...................................... M. samuelsoni - Subgenital plate short, outer margin slightly convex (Fig. 17 B)....................................... M. subviridis 12. Style apophysis foot-like (Figs 23 C, 24 E)................................................................. 13 - Style apophysis digitate................................................................................ 14 13. Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin serrate (Fig. 23 E)........................................ M. crura sp. nov. - Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin smooth (Fig. 24 D).................................. M. rostriformis sp. nov. 14. Subgenital plate not subtriangular (Figs 9 A, 21 C)........................................................... 15 - Subgenital plate subtriangular (Fig. 25 C).................................................................. 16 15. Subgenital plate elongate (Fig. 21 C)........................................................ M. remigia sp. nov. - Subgenital plate short and broad (Fig. 9 A)......................................................... M. distincta 16. Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin serrate (Fig. 25 E)..................................... M. scalpella sp. nov. - Aedeagal shaft subapical ventral margin smooth............................................................ 17 17. Aedeagal shaft widest at midlength (Fig. 34 L)...................................................... M. maculata - Aedeagal shaft widest at base........................................................................... 18 18. Style apophysis narrow (Figs 15 D, 20 C).................................................................. 19 - Style apophysis broad................................................................................. 20 19. Connective distinctively longer than aedeagus (Fig. 20 D)....................................... M. cultella sp. nov. - Connective nearly equal in length to aedeagus (Fig. 15 F)........................................ M. xanthocephala. 20. Style apophysis short (Fig. 26 C); apex of aedeagal shaft hooked apically in lateral view (Fig. 26 E)......... M. irisa sp. nov. - Style apophysis moderately long; aedeagal shaft not hooked apically in lateral view................................ 21 21. Forewing with brown spot on clavus (Plate II: B).............................................. M. obongsanensis - Forewing without brown spot on clavus................................................................... 22 22. Connective distinctively longer than aedeagus (Fig. 22 D)................................... M. pararemigia sp. nov. - Connective nearly equal in length to aedeagus.............................................................. 23 23. Subgenital plate lateral margin distinctly convex (Fig. 18 B)............................................. M. tareni - Subgenital plate lateral margin slightly convex............................................................. 24 24. Aedeagal shaft elongate (Figs 13 H, 14 D).................................................................. 25 - Aedeagal shaft broad (Figs 31 B, 32 E).................................................................... 26 25. Vertex slightly longer medially than next to eye and slightly shorter than length of pronotum (Plate II: D)....... M. latifrons - Vertex distinctly longer medially than next to eye and slightly shorter than length of pronotum (Plate II: E)..................................................................................................... M. heuksandoensis 26. Style apophysis not swollen in middle (Figs 31 D, 31 E)............................................... M. horvathi - Style apophysis swollen in middle (Figs 32 B, 32 C)............................................. M. yangae sp. nov.