Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Namibia, with records from neighbouring countries
Author
Huang, Min
Author
Holzinger, Werner E.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2717
34
52
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199755
94e7e9f8-80da-4f23-9a01-facf6a145f45
1175-5326
199755
Atonurus meridianus
(
Van Stalle, 1984
)
Fig 10
Oliarus meridianus
Van Stalle, 1984
: 115
(
South Africa
: N. Transvaal, M’Pfeu Kraal)
Atonurus meridianus
(Van Stalle)
,
Emeljanov 1992
Material examined.
Namibia
,
4 males
,
1 female
, Popa Falls (
18°07’S
,
21°04’E
), Kavango,
26.ii.1992
, E. Marais and M. Pusch;
1 male
,
1 female
, Nkasa Island, E. Caprivi, S.W.A. (
18°27’S
,
23°36’E
),
3.x.1987
, E. Marais;
1 male
, Odila River (
17°29’S
,
16°51’E
), Ovambo,
23.i.1993
, E. Marais (all
NMNW
).
Description.
see
Van
Stalle (1987
: 127; as
Oliarus meridianus
)
Distribution.
“One of the most common pentastirine species south of the equator together with
O. hottentottus
and
Pentastiridius moestus
” (
Van Stalle 1987
: 127). Recorded from
South Africa
,
Mozambique
,
Tanzania
,
Zimbabwe
. Here recorded from
Namibia
for the first time (Ohangwena, Caprivi).
Ecology.
recorded from September to April, probably active during the rainy season (
Van Stalle 1987
)