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 cuspidistylus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 15E–H
,
38M–Q
,
39A–B
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, NSW
:
Cabramatta
, near
Sydney
, sweeping in orchard,
28.xii.1965
(
M.I. Nikitin
) (
ASCU
HE029347)
,
Paratypes
,
AUSTRALIA
, NSW:
1 ♂
, same data as holotype (
MJF
)
,
1 ♂
,
Cabramatta
,
28.xii.1965
(M.I.
Nikitin
) (
MJF
)
,
1 ♂
,
Minto
SW of Sydney
,
19.–25.ii.1983
(
R
.
Morrison
) (
ASCU
)
,
1 ♀
, same data,
25.xii.1982
–
7.i.1983
(
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
Tatura
,
140 km
N of Melbourne
,
at water trap
,
30.i.1981
(J.
Osmelak
) (
ASCU
)
,
3 ♂
,
Rydalmere
,
21.ii.1978
(M.J.
Fletcher
) (
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
Blacktown
,
9.x.1981
(G.
R
.
Brown
) (
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data,
26.ii.1983
(
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
Wee Waa
,
14.v.1990
(J.
Clancy
) (
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
Moree
,
1.x.1951
(A.
Dyce
) (
MJF
)
,
1 ♂
,
Bogan
R. (J.
Armstrong
) (
AMS
)
,
1 ♂
,
Scheyville
, pyrethrum knockdown,
Eucalyptus crebra
,
i.1988
(H.F.
Recher
) (
ASCU
)
,
14 ♂
,
4 ♀
,
Nyngan district
,
1.–9.ii.1960
(
T
.
E. Woodward
),
4 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Tottenham district
,
9.ii.1960
(
T
.
E. Woodward
)
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
1 ♂
,
Roma
,
28.iii.1957
(E.F.
Rick
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Gatton
,
26.ix.1931
(
UQIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Cairns
, 1942 (
QM
)
,
2 ♂
,
Rockhampton
(
SAM
)
,
1 ♂
, same data,
1.x.1922
(
BPBM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Eidsvold
,
6.x.1929
(
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Mt Robert
,
5 km
SW,
21.24S
148.27E
,
800 m
, brigalow, mv light,
23.x.2000
(S.
Wright
) (
QM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Gatton
,
6.xi.1933
(F. A.
Perkins
) (
UQIC
)
,
3 ♂
,
6 km
N Taroom
,
25.36S
149.46E
,
200 m
,
11.ix.1992
(G.
Daniels
) (
UQIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Mungindi
,
1.i.1972
(B.
Cantrell
) (
UQIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Biloela
,
17.i.1947
(F.
Kleinschmidt
) (
UQIC
)
,
2 ♂
,
5.3 km
W Miles
, 26.39.14S, 150.07.46E, dry creek,
malaise trap
,
15.–17.x.2001
(C.
Lambkin
, N.
Starick
) (
ANIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, SA
:
2 ♂
,
Berri
,
ex sticky trap
,
17.ii.–5.iii.2004
(P.
Magarey
) (
ASCU
)
,
1 ♂
,
Loxton
,
ex sticky trap
,
11.ii.–8.iii.2005
(P.
Magarey
) (
ASCU
)
,
5 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Adelaide
(N.B.
Tindale
) (
SAM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Musgrave Ra.
,
12.5 km
E Mitchell Knob
, 26.08.02S 131.56.58E,
malaise trap
,
18.–21.x.1994
(
Pitjantjatjara Lands
survey) (
SAM
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
1 ♂
,
Northam
,
light trap
,
28.ii.1983
(E.A.
Henty
) (
WADA
)
.
Etymology
The Latin term ‘cuspido’ means ‘make pointed’. Named after the pointed tip of the
right genital style.
Colour
Body dark brown to black, carinae and clypeus paler, frons lateral with a white mark; legs mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown..
Morphology
Body length:
♂
4.3–6.1 mm
,
♀
7.1–7.4 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.5–2.1 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent or welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching or surpassing hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped median and sublateral carinae and evanescent or welldeveloped lateral carinae. Forewing 3.2–3.6 times longer than wide; costa with 10–20 tubercles; 9 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 38Q
,
39A–B
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 38O–P
. Aedeagus (
Figs 38M–N
): Phallotheca right lateral with a thick spine (a) pointing outwards; a large, flattened spine (b) ventral. Flagellum partly membranous with a long, very slender, sclerotised spine (A) arising left lateral near base of flagellum; and a slightly sclerotised spine (B) at apex of flagellum.