Maiestas latifrons ( Matsumura, 1902 )

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 : 574

Maiestas latifrons ( Matsumura, 1902)

( Figs 6 A–J)

Deltocephalus latifrons Matsumura, 1902 , Termesz. Füz. 25: 393 ( Japan).

Thamnotettix latifrons: Matsumura, 1914 , Journ. Coll. Agr. Sapporo 5 (7): 174.

Recilia latifrons: Vilbaste, 1968 , Ub. Zik. Prim. Geb.: 128; Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988, Keys Ins. Far East USSR 2: 242– 243.

Recilia (Togacephalus) latifrons: Kwon & Lee, 1979 , Nat. & Life 9(2): 77.

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

Material examined. Korea, Chungbuk Province: 1 male, 1 female, Cheondeungsan , 1.X.2016 , Y.J. Kwon; Gyeongbuk Province: 1 male, on Zoysia japonica , KPNU campus , Daegu, 21.IX.2004 ; 8 males, 6 females, same locality, 21. VI.2016; 7 males, 4 females, same locality, 6.IX.2016 ; Gyeonggi Province: 1 male, Camp Humphreys, 23.VIII.2016 ; Gangwon Province: 6 males, 2 females, Deokgasan , 19.VIII.2016 ; 3 males, Hambaeksan, 11. VI.2016, all same collector.

Distribution. Korea (Central, South), Japan, Russia (Maritime Territory), China.

Host plant. Oryza sativa (cf. Lee & Kwon, 1979; Wilson & Claridge, 1991), Paulownia coreana (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Paulownia tomentosa (cf. Kor. Soc. Plant Prot., 1986), Zoysia japonica (observed).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by the following features: aedeagal shaft swollen subasally, then gently narrowed to pointed apex; style apophysis slightly curved laterally, tapered towards bluntly pointed apex, with ventral tooth in middle portion; posterior lobes of 2nd sternal apodeme well developed, reaching end of 4th sternite.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Maiestas latifrons (Matsumura, 1902); 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.