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).