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 maru Löcker , sp. nov. ( Figs 18A–D , 40K–R ) Type material Holotype , , AUSTRALIA , VIC : Extreme N.W. Vic. , 21.ii.1927 ( BMNH ), Paratypes , AUSTRALIA, VIC: 1 ♂ , 4 ♀ , same data as holotype, ( BMNH ), AUSTRALIA , SA : 1 ♂ , Loxton , ex sticky trap , 6.–21.i.2005 ( P. Magarey ) ( ASCU ) . Etymology The term ‘maru’ means ‘black’ in Diyari, an aboriginal language spoken in South Australia ( Thieberger & McGregor 1994 ), and refers to the ascending (caudally directed) spines on the phallotheca. FIGURE 18. Ozoliarus maru : A habitus; B, C, D head. Ozoliarus pitta : E habitus; F, G, H head. Colour Body black, carinae paler, frons lateral with an indistinct light brown mark; legs light to dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology Body length: 4.1 mm . Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 10 tubercles; 8 apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 40K–M ; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 40N–O . Aedeagus ( Figs 40P–R ): Phallotheca with a bifurcated spine (a) right lateral; a bifurcated spine (b) dorsal; a short, flattened, serrated spine (c); a long, flattened spine (d) ventral; a slender spine (e) right lateral; a strongly curved spine (f) left lateral; and an almost straight spine (g) left lateral at apex. Flagellum membranous with sclerotised blades.