Maiestas schmidtgeni explained

Maiestas schmidtgeni (formerly Recilia schmidtgeni) is a species of bug from the Cicadellidae family that can be found in European countries such as Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and southern part of Russia.^[1] The species can also be found in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Henan province of China.^[2]

It was formerly placed within Recilia, but a 2009 revision moved it to Maiestas.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Recilia schmidtgeni (Wagner, 1939). https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230305/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=193776. dead. March 4, 2016. Fauna Europaea. November 23, 2012.
2. Web site: Asian distribution. Global Species Database. 22 May 2012.
3. 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