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 doddi
Muir
nom. dub.
(
Figs 11A–D
)
Oliarus doddi
Muir, 1931: 64
.
Type material
Holotype
by monotypy,
♀
(examined),
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Townsville
,
24.x.1903
(
BPBM
).
Colour
Vertex dark brown, carinae and lateral portions light brown; frons light brown; clypeus dark brown, carinae light brown; pronotum pale yellow; mesonotum light brown, with dark brown marks; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins and three brown transverse bands across wing, veins and tubercles concolorous with cells, pterostigma light to dark brown; abdominal sternites mid brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♀
6.6 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.1 times longer than wide; costa with 0–1 tubercle; 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
. Because of the absence of male specimens this species cannot be reliably identified. For this reason
O. doddi
is regarded as a
nomen dubium
.