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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Oliarus cuberlii
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 5E–H
,
33E–L
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, NT
:
Arnhem Land
,
Maningrida
,
5 m
,
Eucalyptus
,
17.iii.1961
(
J.L. & M. Gressitt
) (
BPBM 16615
).
Etymology
Named in honour of the first author’s friend Lucio Cuberli.
Colour
Body mid brown, carinae and pronotum paler; legs light brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown apically darker, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma light to mid brown; abdominal sternites mid brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
4.6 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 2.5 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.5 times longer than wide; costa with 3–5 tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 33J–L
; pygophore dorsolaterally on each side without long, outwardly curving, spinelike process; pygophore as in
Fig. 33H
, genital styles with large spinelike process directed dorsad as in
Figs 33H–I
. Aedeagus (
Figs 33E –G
): Phallotheca with a long, moderately curved spine (a) arising ventrally at apex; a short, strongly curved, bifurcated spine (b) dorsally; and a medium sized, sclerotised flap ventrally. Flagellum slightly sclerotised, unarmed, very small.