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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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.