The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
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Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
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Ozoliarus quercistylus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 15A–D
,
38F–L
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
8 km
SW
Walsh Point
,
14.37S
125.48E
, at light,
17.v.1983
(
I.D. Naumann
,
J.C. Cardale
) (
ANIC
)
,
Paratypes
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA:
1 ♂
, same data as holotype (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
, escarpment,
8 km
SW of Walsh Point
,
Admiralty Gulf
,
14.37S
125.48E
,
10.v.1983
(
D.C.F. Rentz
,
J. Balderson
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Kimberley Research Stn
via
Wyndham
,
14.vii.1956
(
E.C.B. Langfield
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Old Doongan
,
15.19S
126.32E
,
2.viii.1975
(
I.F.B. Common
,
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, NT
:
1 ♂
,
Goose Lagoon
,
11 km
SW by
S of Borroloola
,
16.05S
136.15E
,
31.x.1975
(
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
6.4 km
S by
SW of
Victoria
River Downs
, along
Wickham River
,
17.vi.1973
(
L.P. Kelsey
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
8 km
ENE of
Victoria
River Downs
,
12.vii.1973
(
L.P. Kelsey
) (
ANIC
)
,
3 ♂
,
18 ♀
,
Tindal
, at light,
1.–20.xii.1967
(
W. Vestjens
) (
ANIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
1 ♂
,
14 miles
SE Normanton
,
40 m
,
3.xi.1962
(
E.S. Ross
,
D.Q. Cavagnaro
) (
CAS
)
,
1 ♂
,
17 miles
W
Monto
,
500 m
,
21.xi.1962
(
E.S. Ross
,
D.Q. Cavagnaro
) (
CAS
)
,
3 ♂
,
9 ♀
,
37 miles
NW
Bowen
,
20 m
,
14.xi.1962
(
E.S. Ross
,
D.Q. Cavagnaro
) (
CAS
)
.
Etymology
Named after the genital styles, which rounded like the leaf margin of certain oak species of the genus
Quercus
.
Colour
Body mid to dark brown, carinae and pronotum paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins and sometimes on various parts of the wing, veins light brown, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites mid to dark brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.4–6.1 mm
,
♀
6.4–7.9 mm
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.2–1.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely. Postclypeus with evanescent or welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.4–3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 12–20 tubercles; 9 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 38F–H
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 38I–J
. Aedeagus (
Figs 38K–L
): Phallotheca with a large hookshaped spine (a) directed ventrad arising ventrally below midlength; a very long, rounded spine (b) arising ventrally below midlength reaching apex of aedeagus; two medium sized spines (c, d) right lateral; and a very short spine (e) dorsal. Flagellum partly sclerotised, with a long, strongly curved spine (A) left lateral at midlength of flagellum; and two large, bifurcated, flattened spines (C, D).