The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Löcker, Birgit
Fletcher, Murray J.
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Gurr, Geoff M.
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
1290
1290
1
138
4BNL7
Locker
Locker
2006
[264,544,483,510]
Insecta
Cixiidae
Ozoliarus
Animalia
Hemiptera
78
79
Arthropoda
species
alces
sp. nov.
( Figs 23E–H, 44J–P) Type material Holotype, ♂, AUSTRALIA, Qld: Mt Robert, 5 kmSW, 21.24S 148.27E, 300 m, mv light, brigalow, 23.x.2000( S. Wright) ( QM QMT123827), Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, Qld: 1 ♀, same data as holotype ( QM), 1 ♀, same data as holotype, pitfall trap, 22.x.–18.xii.2000( Cook, Monteith) ( QM), 1 ♂, Brigalow Res. Stn, 24.48S 149.47E, 170 m, pyrethrum, brigalow trunks, 12.x.2001( Monteith, Burwell) ( QM), 2 ♀, Brigalow Res. Stn, 24.49S 149.45E, 170 m, pyr. trunks, logs, 12.x.2001( Burwell, Monteith) ( QM), 1 ♀, same data, vine scrub ( QM), 1 ♂, Mitchell District, ix.1942( N. Geary) ( AMS), 1 ♂, 6.5 kmS Moonie, 27.46S 150.21E, on Wahlenbergia, 20.ix.1991( G. Daniels) ( UQIC). Etymology Named after a spine on the phallotheca which is shaped like the large palmate antlers of the male elk ( Alces alcesLinnaeus). Colour Body mid to dark brown, carinae and clypeus paler, frons lateral with a white mark; legs mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins dark brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology Body length: ♂ 7.5–7.7 mm, ♀8.0– 9.3 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.5–1.9 times longer than wide; basal emargination acutely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped (rarely evanescent) median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.0–3.1 times longer than wide; costa with 21–33 tubercles; 9 apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 44N–P; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 44L–M. Aedeagus ( Figs 44J–K): Phallotheca with a rounded spine (a) left lateral; a rounded spine (b) pointing upwards (caudad) right lateral; a large, flattened, bifurcated spine (c) dorsal, shaped like antlers of male elk; and a large, rounded ventral ridge. Flagellum partly sclerotised with a long spine.
2000-10-23
QM
S. Wright
Australia
300
-21.24
Mt Robert
758
148.27
78
79
QMT123827
1
1
Qld
holotype
[264,740,718,745]
2000-10-23
QM
S. Wright
Australia
300
-21.24
Mt Robert
758
148.27
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype
2000-10-22
2000-12-18
2000-10-22
QM
Cook & Monteith
Australia
300
-21.24
Mt Robert
758
148.27
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype
2001-10-12
QM
Monteith & Burwell
Australia
170
-24.48
Brigalow Res. Stn
750
149.47
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype
2001-10-12
QM
Burwell & Monteith
Australia
170
-24.49
Brigalow Res. Stn
750
149.45
78
79
2
2
Qld
paratype
2001-10-12
QM
Burwell & Monteith
Australia
170
-24.49
Brigalow Res. Stn
750
149.45
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype
[602,1177,879,905]
1942-09
AMS
N. Geary
Australia
Mitchell District
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype
1991-09-20
UQIC
G. Daniels
Australia
-27.46
Moonie
742
150.21
78
79
1
1
Qld
paratype