The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
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Oliarus lilinoe
Kirkaldy
nom. dub.
(
Figs 12A–D
)
Oliarus lilinoe
Kirkaldy, 1907: 108
.
FIGURE 12.
Oliarus lilinoe
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Oliarus phelia
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Type material
Syntype
,
♀
(examined),
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Cairns
,
vii.1904
(Perkins) (
BPBM
)
.
Colour
Body mid brown, carinae and area between lateral and sublateral carinae on mesonotum paler, frons lateral with a pale mark; legs light brown; forewing hyaline colourless, with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, apically darker, tubercles mid brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites
mid brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♀
5.5 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 2.0 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.4 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Unknown (only known specimen is a female).
Remarks
The narrow vertex and the chaetotaxy of the hind leg (2 lateral spines on the tibia, 7 apical teeth on the 1
st
tarsomere, and 5 apical teeth on the 2
nd
tarsomere) verify the placement within the genus
Oliarus
.