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 serratus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 19A–D
,
41H–O
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
Cadjeput Rockhole
, 21.31.55S 119.08.57E, UV light,
29.ix.1988
(
B.P. Hanich
et al
.) (
WAMP
Nr
34365)
,
Paratype
, AUSTRALIA, WA:
1 ♂
, same data as holotype (
WAMP
)
.
Etymology
The Latin term ‘serratus’ means ‘toothed like a saw’. Named after the serrated spines on the phallotheca.
Colour
Body dark brown to black, carinae paler, frons lateral with an indistinct light brown mark; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown..
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.7–6.5 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.9–2.2 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent or welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae.
FIGURE 19.
Ozoliarus serratus
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Ozoliarus smithi
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.6–3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 1–3 tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 41H–J
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 41N–O
. Aedeagus (
Figs 41K–M
): Phallotheca with three flattened, upwards (caudad) curved spines (a, b, c); all three arising from same base right lateral; spines (b and c) serrated; an upwards (caudad) curved spine (d) dorsal; a slender, slightly curved spine (e); and a bifurcated spine (f) left lateral at apex. Flagellum membranous with sclerotised blades and a small sclerotised spine (A).