Ozoliarus poculum Löcker, 2006

Löcker, Birgit, Fletcher, Murray J., Larivière, Marie-Claude & Gurr, Geoff M., 2006, The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae), Zootaxa 1290 (1290), pp. 1-138 : 87-90

Ozoliarus poculum Löcker , sp. nov.

( Figs 27A–D, 47F–L)

Oliarus kampaspe Kirkaldy sensu Jacobi 1928:32 , misidentification of O. kampaspe Kirkaldy, 1906: 398 .

Remarks Jacobi (1928) presents a redescription of O. kampaspe Kirkaldy based on specimens from the Kimberley district, which were available to us for examination. These specimens were misidentified by Jacobi (see further details in the remarks section of O. kampaspe Kirkaldy ) and represent a new species described herein as Ozoliarus poculum .

Type material

Holotype, 1 ♂, AUSTRALIA, NSW: 20 km W of White Cliffs , 23.–24.ii.1981 (B.J. Loudon) ( ASCU HE016869) , Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, NSW: 3 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( ASCU) , 2 ♂, 4 ♀, 7 km N Tibooburra , dry creek bed, mv lamp, 24.ii.1981 (B.J. Loudon, R. Pigott) ( ASCU) , 1 ♂, same data, 12.iv.1979 (B.J. Loudon) ( ASCU) , 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Wanaaring , 25.ii.1981 (B.J. Loudon, R. Pigott) ( ASCU) , 1 ♂, bank of Merri Merri Ck , 2.5 km N of Quambone, 30.54.38S 147.51.56E, ex Eucalyptus largiflorens , 14.xii.1999 ( R. Harris, T. Moulds) ( AMS) , 1 ♂, Lord Howe Island , UV lamp, 24.ix.1991 (G. Brown) ( ASCU) , AUSTRALIA, NT: 4 ♂, Blast site camp, Fossil area on Camfield Station , 16.ix.1985 (I. Archibald) ( MAGD) , 1 ♂, Alroy Downs Station , 19.18S 136.04E, 5.iii.1980 (G. Gow, P. Horner) ( MAGD) , 1 ♂, Junction WH, 16 km SW Austral Downs, at light, 22.ix.1977 (G.F. Gross) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, 10 miles S Dunmara , 200 m, 26.x.1962 (E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavagnaro) ( CAS) , 1 ♂, Devil’s Marbles , 350 m, 27.x.1962 (E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavagnaro) ( CAS) , AUSTRALIA, Qld : 1 ♀, Cunnamulla (N. Geary) ( AMS) , 3 ♂, 4 ♀, same data, x.1941 ( AMS) , 1 ♂, 4 ♀, same data, ii.1942 ( AMS) , 2 ♂, 3 ♀, same data, i.1943 ( AMS) , 1 ♂, 9 km WSW of Adavale , 25.54.39S 144.30.51E, 270 m, Eremophila mitchellii , xi.2002 (Schuh, Cassis, Silveira) ( AMS) , 1 ♂, Moranbah , 4 km S, 22.02S 148.03E, mv lamp, 3.x.2003 (G.B. Monteith) ( QM) , 1 ♂, Dynevor Lakes , 88 km W Eulo, 28.05S 144.12E, 150 m, 28.ix.1991 (G. Daniels) ( UQIC) , 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Paroo River, Eulo , 28.09S 145.02E, 150 m, on Pluchea baccharoides , 25.ix.1991 (G. Daniels) ( UQIC) , 1 ♀, same data, 23.ix.1991 ( UQIC) , AUSTRALIA, SA: 2 ♂, New Kalamurina St., Warburton R., 9.iii.1972 (E.G. Matthews, T. Houston) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Billeroo Dam , 14 km E Frome Dawns Stn HS, at light, 20.xi.1975 (G.F. Gross, V. Peterny) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Frome River crossing of Birdsville Track, near Marree , at light, 25.x.1966 (G.F. Gross) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, near Clifton Hills OS, 26.30S 139.29E, malaise trap, 18.–20.xi.1993 (J.A. Forrest, D. Hirst) ( SAM) , 2 ♂, Clifton Hills OS, sand hills with triodia, 26,30S 139.29E, malaise trap, 18.–20.xi.1993 (J.A. Forrest, D. Hirst) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, South Gap , 3.6 km ESE Lake Dam, 31.42S 137.40E, 4.–9.xi.1996 (Stony Des. Sur. Bacamp) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Abminga WH, 26.08S 134.51E, at light, 17.iii.1993 (J.A. Forrest, D. Hirst) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, 11.5 km NE of Wooltana Homestead , 30.20.14S 139.29.36E, 180 m, 6.xi.1998 (Schuh, Cassis, Silveira) ( AMS) , 1 ♂, 36 km ESE of Curdimurka, W of Marree , 21.ix.1972 (Z. Liepa) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Mirra Mitta Bore, Birdsville Track , 18.ix.1972 (Z. Liepa) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Old Alton Downs, Simpson Desert , 19.ix.1972 (Z. Liepa) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, 40 km N Innamincka on Cordillo Downs Rd , at light on gibber plains, 2.ix. (F.J. Mitchell) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Owieandana, N Flinders Range (Hale, Tindale) ( SAM) , 2 ♂, 4 ♀, Minnie Downs , NE Corner of South Australia (L. Reese) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Lake Palankarinna , 3.iii.1972 (E. Matthews) ( SAM) , AUSTRALIA, WA: 2 ♂, Langi Crossing , 10 m, 13.x.1962 (E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavagnaro) ( CAS) , 1 ♂, 15 miles W Louisa Downs , 250 m, 18.x.1962 (E.S. Ross, D.Q. Cavagnaro) ( CAS) , 1 ♂, 12 miles S of Minderoo , 17.x.1970 (D.H. Colless) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, 8 miles ENE of Millstream , 20.x.1970 (D.H. Colless) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, W of Welbourne Hill , 24.x.1953 (N.B. Tindale) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Tambrey , on Acacia , 7.viii.1987 ( R. P. McMillan) ( WAMP) , 1 ♂, Kimberley District , ii (Mjöberg) ( NHRS) , 1 ♀, same data ( MTD) , 1 ♀, same data, iii ( NHRS) .

Etymology

The Latin term ‘poculum’ means ‘cup, goblet’. Named after a spine on the phallotheca which, in ventral view, is shaped like a cup.

Colour

Body dark brown to black, carinae paler, frons lateral with a white mark; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with indistinct or without brown marks along crossveins, veins light to mid brown apically darker, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 5.2–7.3 mm, ♀ 5.7–7.0 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 1.4–1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.3–3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 0–6 tubercles; 9 apical cells.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 47F–H; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 47I–J. Aedeagus ( Figs 47K–L): Phallotheca with two short, rounded spines (a, b) left lateral; a flattened, serrated spine (c) ventral; a long, slender spine (d) ventral; a large, flattened, grossly serrated spine (e) shaped like cup in ventral view; a long, flattened spine (f) dorsal; a very long, flattened, bifurcated spine (g) right lateral; and a very small spine (h) dorsal below midlength. Flagellum sclerotised with one or two spines.