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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Ozoliarus triangularis
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 21E–H
,
43C–I
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, SA
:
Murray River
(F.
R
. Zietz) (
SAMA
I 21724).
Colour
Body dark brown, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins light to mid brown, tubercles concolorous
with veins, pterostigma light to mid brown.
Etymology
Named after the triangular ventromedian process of the pygophore.
Morphology
FIGURE 21.
Ozoliarus semicircularis
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Ozoliarus triangularis
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Body length:
♂
4.7 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.5 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.0 times longer than wide; costa with 11–13 tubercles; 8–9 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 43G–I
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 43E–F
. Aedeagus (
Figs 43C–D
): Phallotheca with a large, bifurcated spine (a) ventral; a short, moderately curved spine (b) dorsal; and a ventral ridge with two humps. Flagellum membranous with a very long, sclerotised spine (A) arising from base of flagellum; and a long, less sclerotised spine at apex of flagellum.