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 1290 1290 1 138 journal article 1175­5334 1D47B077-34C7-4BC6-B22F-C5BE9B02EBD7 Ozoliarus pitta Löcker , sp. nov. ( Figs 18E–H , 40S , 41A–G ) Type material Holotype , ♂ , AUSTRALIA , NT : Anthony’s Lagoon , Barkly Tablelands , 23.vi.1987 ( C. Wilson ) ( ASCU HE016965) , Paratypes , AUSTRALIA , NSW : 1 ♂ , Graman , 16.i.1961 ( T . V . Bourke ) ( ASCU ) , 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Acacia pendula patch, Moppin – Aveymore Rd , approx. 400 m S of junction at Dolgelly Bore , 28.53.26S 149.51.30E, 19.xii.1999 ( R . Harris , T . Moulds ) ( AMS ) , 1 ♂ , on bank of Darling River , 20 miles SSW of Bourke , at light, 26.xii.1973 ( G.F. Gross ) ( SAM ) , AUSTRALIA , Qld : 1 ♂ , Cambooya , 12.ii.1948 ( J.C. Galletly ) ( UQIC ) , 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Brigalow Development Area Moura, 14.iii.1968 ( F.D. Page , L. Rigby ) ( QDPC ) , 1 ♂ , Gatton , 6.xi.1933 ( F.A. Perkins ) ( UQIC ) , AUSTRALIA , SA : 1 ♂ , Springbank , from light housing, i.–iii.1960 ( R . V . Southcott ) ( SAM ) , 1 ♂ , Adelaide , iii.1961 ( Harris ) ( SAM ) , AUSTRALIA , Vic : Nangiloc , near Mildura , ex Vitis vinifera , 31.x.1983 ( J.A. Osmelak ) ( ASCU ) . Etymology The term ‘pitta’ means ‘goose’ in Kaurna, an aboriginal language spoken in South Australia ( Thieberger & McGregor 1994 ), and refers to a spine on the phallotheca which is shaped like a goose­head. Colour Body mid, dark brown or black, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with or without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown. Morphology Body length: ♂ 5.3–6.4 mm , ♀ 6.0– 6.8 mm . Head: Vertex (total length) 1.4–2.0 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with well­developed median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae. Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with well­developed carinae. Forewing 3.4–3.7 times longer than wide; costa with 10–20 tubercles; 9 apical cells. Male genitalia: Anal tube as in Figs 41E–G ; pygophore and genital styles as in Figs 40S , 41A . Aedeagus ( Figs 41B–D ): Phallotheca with a large u­shaped, bifurcated spine (a) right lateral; a curved, slender spine (b) arising from the same base as spine (a); a rounded spine (c) with a flattened, serrated tip ventral about midlength; a straight, slender spine (d) right lateral; a curved spine (e) with a tip shaped like a bird head ventral; a moderately curved spine (f) left lateral; and a bifurcated spine (g) at apex of aedeagus. Flagellum membranous with a triangular ridge and a sclerotised blade.