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
1290
1290
1
138
journal article
11755334
1D47B077-34C7-4BC6-B22F-C5BE9B02EBD7
Ozoliarus catherinae
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 16E–H
,
39J–P
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Cunnamulla
,
x.1943
(
N. Geary
) (
AMS
K209383
)
,
Paratypes
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
1 ♂
, same data as holotype,
ii.1942
(
AMS
)
,
1 ♂
,
Cunnamulla Caravan Park
, at light,
27.xii.1973
(
G.F. Gross
) (
SAM
)
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Dalby
,
27.ii.1937
(
N. Geary
) (
AMS
)
,
2 ♂
,
Moranbah
,
4 km
S,
22.02S
148.03E
, mv light,
3.x.2003
(
G.B. Monteith
) (
QM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Mangindi
,
1.i.1972
(
B. Cantrell
) (
UQIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Lake Broadwater
near
Dalby
,
27.21S
151.06E
, mv lamp,
27.ix.1986
(
G. & A. Daniels
) (
UQIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, NSW
:
1 ♂
,
19 km
S of Moree
,
on
Eucalyptus citriodora
,
1.xii.1976
(
E.M. Exley
,
T
.
Low
) (
UQIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, SA
:
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Mt Serle
,
N Flinders Ra.
(
Hale
,
Tindale
) (
SAM
)
.
FIGURE 16.
Ozoliarus rotundistylus
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Ozoliarus catherinae
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Etymology
Named in honour of the first author’s friend Catherine Read.
Colour
Body dark brown to black, carinae (except for some carinae on mesonotum) paler, frons lateral with a more or less distinct light brown mark; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.8–6.2 mm
,
♀
6.7 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.6–1.7 x longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.3–3.6 x longer than wide; costa with 2–12 tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 39N–P
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 39J–K
. Aedeagus (
Figs 39L–M
): Phallotheca with a large ushaped, very wide, sheetlike spine (a) with slightly serrated tip right lateral; two rounded, dorsal spines (b, d) arising from same base; a flattened, triangular spine (c) with serrated tip; and a rounded spine (e) with strongly curved tip ventral. Flagellum membranous with sclerotised blades and a very small spine.