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 4B25H Locker Locker 2006 [264,545,1084,1110] Insecta Cixiidae Oteana Animalia Hemiptera 95 96 Arthropoda species tattendi sp. nov.  ( Figs 29A–D, 48H–O)  Type material    Holotype, ♂,  AUSTRALIA, NT: Woolner Homestead, 12.22.48S 131.27.01E, sweeping  Mangifera indica,  20.i.2000( G. Bellis) ( MAGD I002152, originally NTDPI),  Paratypes, AUSTRALIA, NT:  2 ♂, same data as holotype ( NTDPI),  2 ♂, Wildman River, Cashew Plantation,  17.i.1990(W. Houston) ( NTDPI),  1 ♂,  1 kmN of Cahills Crossing, E ast Alligator River, 12.25S 132.58E,  7.vi.1973( R. L. Kitching) ( ANIC),  1 ♂, same data,  9.vi.1973( ANIC),  1 ♂, Tortilla Flats,  8.ii.1985(I. Cook) ( NTDPI),  1 ♂, same data,  20.ii.1985( NTDPI),  2 ♂, Brook Creek, Burnside( T. G. Campbell) ( ANIC),  1 ♂, Darwin, Black Jungle,  Melaleuca,  23.ix.1958(J.L. Gressitt) ( BPBM),  1 ♂, 1 ♀, Djaburluku Billabong,  4.xi.1989(C.W. & L.B O’Brien) ( LBOB),  2 ♂, Yellow Waters, Kakadu NP, sweeping  Hymenachne acutigluma,  4.xii.2003(G. Bellis) ( ASCU),  2 ♂, Magela Ck,  1 kmNNW of MudginberriH.S., 12.36S 132.52E,  25.v.1973( T. Weir, N. Forrester) ( MAGD).  Other material examined Specimens with branch (b1) reduced to a small knob: AUSTRALIA, NT:  3 ♂, same data as holotype ( NTDPI),  1 ♂, Finniss RiverStn, on  Mimosa pigra,  24.xi.1987(C. Wilson) ( ASCU),  1 ♂, Jabiru, at light,  4.xi.1989( C.W. & L.B. O’Brien) ( LBOB),  1 ♂, Yellow Waters, Kakadu NP, sweeping  Hymenachne acutigluma,  4.xii.2003( G. Bellis) ( GBP),  1 ♂, Island Billabong, Mudginberri Stationvia Jim Jim,  20.viii.1971( T. Weir, A. Allwood) ( MAGD),  2 ♂, Black Jungle, nr Humpty­doo,  24.ix.1958( J.L. Gressitt) ( BPBM).   FIGURE 29.  Oteana tattendi: A habitus; B, C, D head.  Oteana sponsa: E habitus; F, G, H head.  Etymology The name is based on ‘tattendi’, which means ‘to ascend, climb up, to go towards’ in Kaurna, an aboriginal language in South Australia( Thieberger & McGregor 1994) and refers to the ascending (caudally directed) spines on the phallotheca.  Colour Head light to mid brown, carinae paler; pronotum light brown; mesonotum mid to dark brown, paler between lateral and sublateral carinae; legs light brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, apically darker, tubercles indistinct, concolorous with veins, pterostigma light brown; abdominal sternites light brown.  Morphology Body length: ♂ 6.3–7.6 mm, ♀ 8.3–8.8 mm. Head: Vertex (total length) 1.5–1.9 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 3.0–3.3 times longer than wide; costa with 0–1 tubercles; 9 (rarely 8) apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 48H–J; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 48K–L. Aedeagus ( Figs 48M–N): Phallotheca with a long spine (a); a long spine (b) forking into a strong branch (b1) and a slender branch (b2); a short spine (c); and a slender spine (d). Flagellum membranous, unarmed.  Remarks In the male genitalia of some specimens, branch (b1) is reduced to a small knob as in Fig. 48O. It is possible that these specimens once possed branch (b1), but it broke off at some stage in their life (perhaps during copulation). Because the significance of this variation is unclear, these specimens have been excluded from the typeseries of  Ot. tattendi. 2000-01-20 MAGD, NTDPI G. Bellis Australia Woolner Homestead 95 96 I002152 1 1 holotype [634,1066,1319,1345] 2000-01-20 NTDPI G. Bellis Australia Woolner Homestead 95 96 2 2 paratype 1990-01-17 NTDPI Houston Australia Wildman River Cashew Plantation 95 96 2 2 paratype 1973-06-07 R, ANIC L. Kitching Australia -12.25 Alligator River 776 132.58 95 96 1 1 paratype 1973-06-09 ANIC L. Kitching Australia -12.25 Alligator River 776 132.58 95 96 1 1 paratype [502,1105,1439,1465] 1985-02-08 NTDPI Cook Australia Tortilla Flats 95 96 1 1 paratype 1985-02-20 NTDPI Cook Australia Tortilla Flats 95 96 1 1 paratype [515,1154,1479,1505] T, ANIC G. Campbell Australia Brook Creek Burnside 95 96 2 2 paratype 1958-09-23 BPBM Gressitt Australia Darwin Black Jungle 95 96 1 1 paratype 1989-11-04 LBOB O'Brien Australia Djaburluku Billabong 95 96 2 1 1 paratype 2003-12-04 ASCU Kakadu NP & Bellis Australia Yellow Waters 95 96 2 2 paratype 1973-05-25 T, MAGD Weir, N & Forrester Australia -12.36 Magela Ck 776 132.52 95 96 2 2 paratype 2000-01-20 NTDPI G. Bellis Australia Woolner Homestead 95 96 3 3 1987-11-24 ASCU Wilson Australia Finniss River 95 96 1 1 [484,1256,1839,1865] 1989-11-04 LBOB C. W. & L. B. O'Brien Australia Jabiru 95 96 1 1 2003-12-04 GBP Kakadu NP & G. Bellis Australia 96 97 Yellow Waters 95 96 1 1 1971-08-20 T, MAGD Weir, A & Allwood Australia Jim Jim Island Billabong Mudginberri Station 96 97 1 1 1958-09-24 BPBM J. L. Gressitt Australia Black Jungle Humpty-doo 96 97 2 2