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