Maiestas distincta ( 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 : 566-567

Maiestas distincta ( Motschulsky, 1859)

Deltocephalus distinstus (sic) Motschulsky, 1859, Étud. Ent. 8: 112 ( Sri Lanka).

Deltocephalus distinctus: Motschulsky, 1863 , Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 36: 99 (Emend.)

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

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

Inemadara distinct: Linnavuori, 1960 , Ins. Micronesia 6(5): 307.

Recilia distinct: Linnavuori, 1975 , Ins. Micronesia 6(9): 618.

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

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

Maiestas distincta: Webb & Viraktamath, 2009 , Zootaxa 2163: 18.

Material examined. Unavailable in the present investigation.

Distribution. Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, India, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Israel.

Host plant. Oryza sativa (cf. Esaki & Ito, 1954; Lee & Kwon, 1977, 1979; Wilson & Claridge, 1991).

Remarks. This species was first recorded in Korea by Esaki & Ito (1954) who did not list any voucher specimens or examine male genitalic characters, which are essential for accurate identification. Since then, it was cited by several authors from Korea ( Ishihara, 1961; Lee & Kwon, 1977; Kwon et. al. 1996; Kwon & Huh, 2001). We did not find any Korean specimens that could be identified as this species. Therefore, the presence of this species on the Korean peninsula is uncertain and needs confirmation because it may be confused with other allied species.