Maiestas dorsalis ( Motschulsky, 1859 )

Dutta, Nirmal Kumar, Kwon, Jin Hyung, Suh, Sang Jae & Kwon, Yong Jung, 2019, Review of the leafhopper genus Maiestas Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae Deltocephalinae) from Korea, Zootaxa 4646 (3), pp. 564-584 : 567

Maiestas dorsalis ( Motschulsky, 1859)

( Figs 2 A–J)

Deltocephalus dorsalis Motschulsky, 1859 , Étud. Ent. 8: 114 ( Sri Lanka).

Deltocephallus fulguralis Matsumura, 1902, Termesz. Füz. 25: 391.

Togacephalus dorsalis: Matsumura, 1940 , Ins. Matsumurana 6: 34.

Inazuma dorsalis: Ishihara, 1953 , Sci. Rept. Matsuyama Agr. Coll.11: 48.

Recilia (Inazuma) dorsalis: Kwon & Lee, 1979 , Nat. & Life 9(2): 80.

Deltocephalus (Recilia) dorsalis: Dash & Viraktamath, 1998 , Hexapoda 10(1&2): 27.

Maiestas dorsalis: Webb & Viraktamath, 2009 , Zootaxa 2163: 16.

Material examined. Korea, Chungbuk Province: 4 males, 3 females, Cheongwon , 3.VIII.2013 , Y.J. Kwon; Gangwon Province: 1 male, Balgyosan, 5. VI.2016 ; Gyeongbuk Province: 6 males, 4 females, Gunwi, on GMO Oryza sativa , 1.X.2013 ; 1 female, Hyang-eup, 8.X.1984; 1 male, Kangdong-M, 9.X.1998; Gyeonggi Province: 4 males, 2 females, Camp Humphreys , 5. VI.2016 ; 2 males, 3 females, 20. VI.2016; 2 males, 1 female, 18.IX.2015; 1 male, 3 females, 23.VIII.2016; 2 males, 3 females, all same locality, 20.X.2016 ; Gyeongnam Province: 1 male, Mangasan A, 6.IX.1997 ; Jejudo Province: 1 male, Hallasan, 27.VII.1994 , all same collector.

Distribution. Korea (Central, South, Jejudo), Japan, China, Borneo, Srilanka, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan.

Host plants. Avena sativa (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Citrus spp. (cf. Ko, 1969; Kor. Soc. Plant Prot, 1986; Kor. For. Res. Ins., 1995), Citrus junos (cf. Kor. For. Res. Ins., 1995), Citrus sinensis (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot, 1986), Citrus unshiu (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot, 1986; Kor. For. Res. Ins., 1995), Hordeum spp. (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Hordeum sativum (cf. Ishihara, 1965; Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Oryza sativa (cf. Ishihara, 1965; Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Oryza sativa terrestris (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), GMO Oryza sativa (observed), Secale cereale (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), sugarcane (cf. Ishihara, 1965; Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), wheat (cf. Ishihara, 1965; Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986).

Remarks. This species can be easily diagnosed by the reddish brown zigzag markings on the forewings. It is a well-known pest of agriculture, and as a vector of rice orange leaf disease, rice tungro bacilliform virus disease, rice dwarf virus disease and rice tungro spherical virus disease.

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FIGURE 2. Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859); A. habitus, dorsal view; B. habitus, lateral view; C. face; D. male pygofer lobe, lateral view; E. subgenital plates and valve, ventral view; F. style, dorsal view; G. connective and aedeagus, dorsal view; H. connective and aedeagus, lateral view; I. abdominal apodeme of sternite II; J. style apophysis, lateral view.