Ozoliarus latifundus 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 : 84

Ozoliarus latifundus Löcker , sp. nov.

( Figs 25E–H, 45S–T, 46A–E)

Type material

Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, Qld : Isla Gorge NP, 25.11S 149.58E, 320 m, 2.xi.1991 (G. Daniels) ( QM QMT123833 , originally UQIC).

Etymology

The Latin term ‘latus’ means ‘broad’ and ‘fundus’ means ‘base’. Named after the very wide base of the phallotheca.

Colour

Body dark brown to black, carinae paler; legs mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins dark brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.

Morphology

Body length: ♂ 6.0 mm.

Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae.

Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.2 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 9 apical cells.

Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 46C–E; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 45S–T. Aedeagus ( Figs 46A–B): Phallotheca with a very wide base; a long, moderately curved spine (a) left lateral; a strongly curved spine (b) right lateral; and a bifurcated spine (c) dorsal. Flagellum partly sclerotised with one sclerotised spine.