The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
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Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-14
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Pentastiridius felis
(Kirkaldy)
(
Figs
30
,
49E–K
)
Oliarus felis
Kirkaldy, 1906: 399
.
Oliarus (Nesopompe) felis
Kirkaldy, 1907: 107
.
Pentastiridius (Nesopompe) felis
(Kirkaldy)
,
Holzinger
et al.
2002: 130
.
Oliarus latipennis
Jacobi 1928:34
(
Fig. 21
)
syn. nov.
Type material
Lectotype
of
P. felis
, here designated,
♂
(examined),
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Cairns
,
viii.1904
(
BPBM
, nr 1181)
;
Paralectotype
, AUSTRALIA, Qld:
1 ♂
(examined), same data as lectotype
.
Lectotype
of
O. latipennis
, here designated,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Yarrabah
(Mjöberg) (
NHRS
)
,
Paralectotypes
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
4 ♂
,
2 ♀
, same data as lectotype (
3 ♂
examined) (
MTD
)
.
Remarks
Examination of the type series of
Oliarus latipennis
Jacobi
revealed that this species is a junior synonym of
Pentastiridius felis
Kirkaldy. Because
of the similarity of this species to species in Asia and Africa,
lectotypes
are designated to fix the identities of the species with which these names are associated.
Other material examined
AUSTRALIA
:
NSW (
3 ♂
), Qld (
69 ♂
,
25 ♀
)
.
Distribution
Australia
(
New South Wales
,
Queensland
),
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Samoa
.
Remarks
Fennah recorded this species from
Fiji
(
Fennah 1950
),
New Caledonia
(
Fennah 1969
), and
Samoa
(
Fennah 1967
). This material has not been examined to confirm this distribution.
Colour
Body dark brown or black, carinae light brown; legs light brown to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless apically sometimes darker, veins and tubercles concolorous with cells.
FIGURE 30.
Pentastiridius felis
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
3.9–4.5 mm
,
♀
5.2–5.8 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.1–1.3 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled. Postclypeus with evanescent or welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching or surpassing hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or welldeveloped median and lateral carinae and welldeveloped sublateral carinae. Forewing 2.6–2.8 times longer than wide; costa with 0–1 tubercles; 9 (rarely 10) apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 49E–G
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 49H–I
. Aedeagus (
Figs 49J–K
): Phallotheca with two long spines (a longer than b) arising apically curving moderately towards left lateral; a short, moderately curved spine (c) arising ventrally about midlength; and a large process, shaped like bird head, right lateral. Flagellum membranous, unarmed.