Oliarus hirsutus 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 : 34-35

Oliarus hirsutus Löcker , sp. nov.

( Figs 8E–H, 35K–P)

Type material

Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, Qld : Ingham, light trap, 15.iii.1961 (K.D. Harley) ( ANIC) , Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, Qld : 2 ♂, same data as holotype ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, same data, 14.iii.1961 ( R. Straatman) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, bank 6 mile Ck , 18 km N Proserpine, in grass, D­Vac, 8.xi.1975 (I.D. Galloway) ( QDPC) , 1 ♂, Nolan Ck Crossing, SW Wrotham Park, 23.iv.1983 (J.F. Donaldson, J.F. Grimshaw) ( QDPC) , 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Brisbane , 5.xi.1941 (H. Hacker) ( BMNH) , 1 ♂, Mackay , 26.viii.1954 ( R. Jones) ( UQIC) , 1 ♂, 5 km E Elimbah , 22.ii.1978 (J.F. Donaldson) ( QDPC) , 1 ♂, Walker Ck , N of Normanton, at light, 30.vii.1982 (J.F. Donaldson, J.W. Turner) ( QDPC) , 1 ♂, 1 km E Kimba , 15.37S 143.30E, 28.x.1993 (P. Zborowski, D. Rentz) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Archer River , 9.i.1988 (M.S. & B.J. Moulds) ( ASCU) , 2 ♂, Boyne Island , via Gladstone, 23 º 55’S 151º20’E, 1995 (C.Q. University) ( QM) , 1 ♂, Thornlands , at light, 28.ii.1973 (J.F. Donaldson) ( QDPC) , AUSTRALIA, NT: 1 ♂, Goose Lagoon, 11 km SW by S of Borroloola , 16.10S 136.15E, 31.x.1975 (M.S. Upton), 1 ♂, Nourlangie, 11 km S by W of Nimbuwah Rock , 12.17S 133.20E, 1.xi.1972 (Upton, Barrett) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Lake Woods , 15 km SW Eliot, at light, 5.x.1977 (G.F. Gross, J.A. Forrest) ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Darwin ( SAM) , 1 ♂, Jabiru Park Lake , at night, 4.ix.1989 (C.W. & L.B. O’Brien) ( LBOB) , 1 ♂, Stuart Hwy , Coomalie Ck, 50m, 24.x.1962 ( CAS) , 1 ♂, 15 km E of Mt Cahill , 12.52 132.50E, 9.iii.1973 (M.S. Upton) ( ANIC) , AUSTRALIA, WA: 1 ♂, Old Doongan , 2.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) ( ANIC) , 2 ♂, Drysdale River , 15.02S 126.55E, 3.–8.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Carson escarpment, 14.49S 126.49E, 9.–15.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) ( ANIC) , 1 ♂, Morgan Falls , 15.02S 126.40E, 16.–17.viii.1975 (I.F.B. Common, M.S. Upton) ( ANIC) .

Etymology

The Latin term ‘hirsutus’ means ‘hairy, rough, shaggy’. Named after the shaggy surface of the flagellum.

Colour

Body mid, dark brown or black, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, some specimens with 3 brown transverse bands across the wing, veins light brown apically darker, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites light to mid brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 4.7–5.3 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8–2.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.1–3.5 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 35K–M; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 35N–O. Aedeagus ( Fig. 35P): Phallotheca with a long, slightly curved spine (a) arising left lateral at apex; and a slightly curved spine (b) arising ventrally about midlength. Flagellum hirsute, unarmed.