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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Ozoliarus semicircularis
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 21A–D
,
42Q–U
,
43A–B
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
7 km
W Petford
,
24.ii.1997
(
L.B. O’Brien
) (
ASCU
HE029567).
Etymology
Named after the semicircular shape of the ventromedian process of the pygophore.
Colour
Body black, carinae paler, frons lateral with a light brown mark; legs mid to dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins dark brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.1 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 2.1 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular (rarely acutely angled). Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum surpassing hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.2x longer than wide; costa with 4–6 tubercles; 7–8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 42Q–S
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 43A–B
. Aedeagus (
Figs 42T–U
): Phallotheca with a large trifurcated spine (a) ventral; and a ventral ridge with two humps. Flagellum membranous without sclerotised spines.
Remarks
Oz. semicircularis
differs from
Oz. triangularis
in the absence of spine (b) and spine (A).