An account of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Southern Odisha, India Author Kushwaha, Sandeep Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur - 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India; Email: sandeepkushwaha _ 17 @ yahoo. com Author Khare, Preety Government Science College, Jabalpur 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India Author Jahan, Sonam Government Science College, Jabalpur 482002, Madhya Pradesh, India Author Kumar, Hirdesh Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India Author Dam, Debashree Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India Author Suman, Kusumala Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University), Lucknow- 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2023 123 1 51 62 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v123/i1/2023/172403 2581-8686 10956380 8. Maiestas dorsalis (Motschulsky, 1859) Deltocephalus dorsalis Motschulsky, 1859: 114 Maiestas dorsalis : Webb and Viratkamath (2009: 16) Material examined: INDIA • 1♀ ( 5mm ), Odisha , Gajapati , Aduba , near Harabhangi , 19°28’41” N , 84°9’16” E , 25.V.2019 , S. Kushwaha and Party leg.; Regn. No. :H15-10134 . Diagnostic characters. Vertex ochraceous with two rounded spots. Pronotum with irregular ochraceous markings. Scutellum as long as the vertex with two small streaks at the lateral margin. Forewing with a brownish zig-zag pattern. Distribution: India : Arunachal Pradesh , Chhattisgarh , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , New Delhi , Tamil Nadu and West Bengal . Elsewhere: Australia , Burma , China , Japan , Korea , Malaysia , Philippines , Sri Lanka and Taiwan . Remark. First record to the state.