| Maiestas hospes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Superfamily: | Membracoidea |
| Family: | Cicadellidae |
| Genus: | Maiestas |
| Species: | M. hospes |
| Binomial name | |
| Maiestas hospes Kirkaldy, 1904 | |
Maiestas hospes is a species of bug in the family Cicadellidae that can be found in Fiji, Hawaii, New Zealand.
Description
The species have brown markings on the tegmen with each cell has a dark brown outline. The colouration, is reliable and variable, determinations of which require examination of the male genitalia. It was formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.
References
- ^ Description and distribution
- 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. Abstract & excerpt
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Maiestas hospes | |
| Recilia hospes | |
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