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