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 quadratistylus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 20E–H
,
42J–P
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
8 miles
ENE of
Millstream
,
20.x.1970
(
D.H. Colless
) (
ANIC
)
,
Paratypes
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Noondoo
,
28.37S
148.26E
,
26.ii.1963
(
A.L. Dyce
,
M.D. Murray
) (
ANIC
),
1 ♂
,
149 km
E of Quilpie
,
26.33S
145.38E
,
20.ix.1990
(
M.P. Zalucki
, G.
V
.
Maynard
) (
UQIC
)
.
Etymology
Named after the top part of the genital styles, which forms a square.
Colour
Body dark brown to black, carinae paler, frons lateral with a light brown mark; legs mid to dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins mid to dark brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown..
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.2–5.8 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.3–1.7 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching or surpassing hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped median carina and evanescent or welldeveloped sublateral and lateral carinae. Forewing 3.4–3.6 times longer than wide; costa with 2–10 tubercles; 7–9 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 42N–P
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 42J–K
. Aedeagus (
Figs 42L–M
): Phallotheca with a large, bi or trifurcated spine (a) ventral; and a ventral ridge with two or three humps. Flagellum membranous with a very long, sclerotised spine (A) arising from base of flagellum; and a long, less sclerotised spine at apex of flagellum.
Remarks
Oz. quadratistylus
differs from
Oz. triangularis
in the absence of spine (b).