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Maiestas hospes

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Maiestas hospes
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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.[1]

Description

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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.[1] It was formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Description and distribution
  2. ^ 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