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 dedariensis
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 25A–E
,
45K–R
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
Dedari
,
40 miles
W of Coolgardie
,
11.–21.i.1936
(
R
.
E. Turner
) (
BMNH
)
,
Paratypes
, AUSTRALIA, WA:
3 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data as holotype (
BMNH
)
.
Etymology
Named after Dedari, the
type
locality.
Colour
Body dark brown, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with indistinct or without brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma mid brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
4.6–4.9 mm
,
♀
5.0 mm.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.6–1.8 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with evanescent or welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching or not reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled or rectangular. Mesonotum with evanescent or welldeveloped median and lateral carinae and welldeveloped sublateral carinae. Forewing 3.6 times longer than wide; costa with 5–9 tubercles; 8 apical cells.
FIGURE 25.
Ozoliarus dedariensis
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Ozoliarus latifundus
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 45K–M
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 45Q–R
. Aedeagus (
Figs 45N–P
): Phallotheca with a long, bifurcated spine (a) dorsolateral; a shorter spine (b) left lateral; a flattened bifurcated spine (c) ventral; a long, flattened bifurcated spine (d) right lateral; a rounded spine (e) right lateral; a short spine (f); and a very short spine (g) dorsal. Flagellum membranous with two sclerotised blades and one sclerotised spine.