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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journal article
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Oliarus busoensis
Van Stalle
(
Figs 9A–D
,
35Q–T
,
36A–C
)
Oliarus busoensis
Van Stalle, 1989: 176
(
Figs 20–26
).
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
Morobe Prov.
,
Buso
,
ix–xi.1979
(
J. Martin
)
(
BMNH
);
Paratypes
,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
:
1 ♂
,
Upper Fly River
,
Aimbak
–Omo Area,
19.x.1972
(
BMNH
)
; NEW
GUINEA
:
1 ♂
,
Oranjegebergte
, 1927 (
A. Kalthofen
) (
ZMAN
)
.
Other material examined
AUSTRALIA
:
Qld
(
1 ♂
)
.
Colour
Head and pronotum light brown; mesonotum mid brown, paler between lateral and sublateral carinae; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites mid brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
9.1 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.9 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent carinae. Forewing 3.0 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 10 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 36A–C
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 35S–T
. Aedeagus (
Figs 35Q–R
): Phallotheca with a very long, strongly curved spine (a); and two short, almost straight, upwards (caudad) pointing spines (b, c). Flagellum partly sclerotised, unarmed.