Wallabicoris ozothamni, Schuh & P. Pedraza, 2010

Schuh, R. T. & P. Pedraza, 2010, Wallabicoris, New Genus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini) From Australia, With The Description Of 37 New Species And An Analysis Of Host Associations, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2010 (338), pp. 1-118 : 49-51

Wallabicoris ozothamni , new species Figures 20, 21; map 3; plate 3

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the chalkwhite coloration of the body and appendages (pl. 3), the moderately large size, with a mean total length of 5.18, and the structure of the male genitalia, the secondary strap of the endosoma complete and with a broad submedial undulation and the left paramere relatively short, with an elevated shoulder on the posterior process, open over most of the dorsal surface (fig. 21), and only weakly exceeding the margin of the pygophore in repose (fig. 20F). Breeds on Ozothamnus diosmifolius . Smaller than the similarly colored Asteraceae-feeding W. baldersoni , W. olearii , and W. schwartzi ; similar in size to the Asteraceae-feeding W. helichrysi and the Lamiaceae-feeding W. dicrastyli ; somewhat larger than the Thymelaeaceae-feeding W. pinocchii and the Lamiaceae-feeding W. cassisi , W. lachnostachy os, W. newcastelii , W. paradicrastyli , and W. prostantheri . Potentially confused with W. rutidosi , but that species somewhat smaller, mean total length 4.87, and with a broken secondary endosomal strap.

DESCRIPTION: Male: Body moderately elongate, nearly parallel sided, total length 4.89–5.08, ratio l/w 5 3.18. COLORATION (pl. 3): Pronotum unicolorous pale; hemelytron mostly pale, corium and clavus with some dirty areas; markings on cuneus absent; membrane with most of extreme base pale, remainder partially fumose, especially around posterior margin and within cells, veins white; venter unicolorous pale or mostly so; antennal segment 1 dirty yellow, with one or two black medial setae; antennal segment 2 dirty yellow; labium pale with segment 4 heavily infuscate; hind femora with a few brown or black spots; hind tibial spines dark with or without small dark bases. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: Dorsum with reclining simple setae matching background coloration, and with some sericeous or woolly setae. STRUCTURE: Head: Somewhat projecting, ratio wh/lh 5 3.67 (fig. 20A); antennal fossa with ventral margin 1 diameter above ventral margin of eye; interocular space moderately large, ratio iod/ wh 5 0.40; eyes occupying entire height of head in lateral view (hg0–1/he20); labium just reaching onto abdomen. GENITALIA (figs. 20E, F, 21): Endosoma: Base moderately long with an open U-shaped bend; distal half of shaft smoothly curving; primary endosomal strap weakly elongate apically, ratio lae/lsg 1.88; apex of primary endosomal strap distinctly curving; secondary endosomal strap very slender, of uniform width from endosomal bend to gonopore, reaching to level of secondary gonopore, with a broad submedial undulation; secondary gonopore seen laterally in lateral view of endosoma. Phallotheca: Smoothly curving on dorsal margin; dorsal surface without a conspicuous keel. Left Paramere: Body elongate, somewhat exceeding pygophore margin; in dorsal perspective open over nearly entire length; body tapered toward apex in lateral perspective; anterior process arising at posterior margin of shaft; anterior process angled posterodorsally; posterior process appearing tubular, fingerlike; posterior process with strongly projecting shoulder at base; base of posterior process at least somewhat elevated above level of paramere body. Right Paramere: Body short and broad, ratio lrp/wrp 2.63; body rounded laterally; posterior margin without distinct protuberance subapically; body elevated at juncture with base; apex with short fingerlike process.

ETYMOLOGY: Named for the host genus Ozothamnus R. Br. (Asteraceae) .

HOSTS: Recorded from Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. ( Asteraceae : Gnaphalieae ) (pl. 7A).

DISTRIBUTION (map 3): Most known specimens from coastal New South Wales, but also reported from the locations east of the Great Dividing Range in New South Wales and western Victoria.

DISCUSSION: The known distribution of W. ozothamni corresponds closely with the distributions of its known host in the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales and Victoria.

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: just N of Bungwahl, Smiths Lake, 33 km S of Forster, 32.38334 ° S 152.5 ° E, 5 m, 21 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Asteraceae) , det. J. Everett May 1996 NSW 395912, 13 (AMNH_PBI 00090415) ( AM).

PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Myall Lakes National Park, 10.3 km S Seal Rocks Rd on Hawks Nest Rd, 32.50001 ° S 152.35 ° E, 5 m, 20 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Aster-

aceae), det. J. Everett May 1996 NSW 395908, 23 (00090375, 00090376) ( AM). Just N of Bungwahl, Smiths Lake, 33 km S of Forster, 32.38334 ° S 152.5 ° E, 5 m, 21 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.)

(AMNH_PBI 00132782).

DC. ( Asteraceae ), det. J. Everett May 1996 NSW 395912, 523 (00090378, 00090380– 00090382, 00090384–00090409, 00090412– 00090414, 00090416–00090424, 00090426– 00090435), 36♀ (00090437–00090447,00090449– 00090453, 00090455–00090458, 00090460–000- 90475) ( AM), 1173 (00090377, 00090379, 000- 90383, 00090425, 00101996–00101998, 0013 2039–00132068, 00132756–00132782, 001330- 10–00133053,00133069–00133077), 40♀ (00088- 958, 00090448, 00090454, 00090459, 00132069– 00132078–00132080–00132086, 00133054– 00133068, 00133078–00133080) ( AMNH), 33 (00132783–00132785), 2♀ (00132795, 001327- 96) ( ANIC), 33 (00132792–00132794), 2♀ (00132801, 00132802) ( CNC), 73 (00088951– 00088957), 4♀ (00088959–00088962) ( UNSW), 33 (00132786–00132788), 2♀ (00132797, 00132798) ( USNM), 33 (00132789–00132791), 2♀ (00132799, 00132800) ( ZISP).

OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: AUSTRA- LIA: New South Wales: 53 km SE of Braidwood, 35.71668 ° S 149.9 ° E, 150 m, 10 Nov 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Asteraceae) , det. J. Everett 1996 NSW 396003, 73 (00090374, 00090410– 00090411, 00131682, 00131686–00131687, 001- 31689), 2♀ (00090436, 00131694), 2 nymphs (00131690, 00131691) ( AM), 13 (00131688), 1♀ (00131692) ( AMNH). St. Forest W of Ulladulla, above Carters Creek, 35.5152 ° S 150.0346 ° E, 200 m, 11Nov 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Asteraceae) , det. field ID NSW 396003, 13 (00132968), 3 nymphs (00132970–00132972) ( AM), 13 (00132969) ( AMNH), 13 (00132967), 1♀ (00132973) ( UNSW). State Forest, Yadburra W of Milton, 33.7735 ° S 149.1012 ° E, 50 m, 11 Nov 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Asteraceae) , det. J. Everett 1996 NSW 396006, 103 (00088937– 00088946) ( AM), 53 (00131680–00131681, 00131683–00131685), 2♀ (00131693, 00131695) ( AMNH), 4♀ (00088947–00088950) ( UNSW). just N of Bungwahl, Smiths Lake, 33 km S of Forster, 32.38334 ° S 152.5 ° E, 5 m, 21 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC. (Asteraceae) , det. J. Everett May 1996 NSW 395912, 22 nymphs (00088963– 00088966, 00090476–00090493) ( AM). Victoria: Hattah Lakes National Park, 34.703 ° S 142.29 ° E, 03 Nov 1966, I.F.B. Common & M.S. Upton, 23 (00168773, 00168774) ( ANIC).