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 pelecanus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 26E–H
,
46Q–S
,
47A–E
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
Tambrey
,
on
Acacia
,
7.viii.1987
(
R
.
P. McMillan
) (
WAMP
Nr
34374).
Etymology
Named after a spine on the phallotheca which is shaped like the head and neck of a pelican.
Colour
Body black, carinae paler; legs dark brown; forewing hyaline colourless with indistinct brown marks along crossveins, veins mid brown, tubercles concolorous with veins, pterostigma dark brown; abdominal sternites dark brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
5.7 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 2.1 times longer than wide; basal emargination rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.7 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 47C–E
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 46Q–R
. Aedeagus (
Figs 46S
,
47A–B
): Phallotheca with a very short, slightly curved spine (a) dorsal at apex; two long, strongly curved spines (c, d) ventral; a spine (c) shaped like head and neck of a pelican; a shorter, strongly curved spine (d) right lateral; and a rounded sclerotised process dorsal. Flagellum sclerotised with 3 spines.
Remarks
The legs of the only known specimen of this species are missing and therefore the chaetotaxy of the hind legs cannot be determined. This means the specimen cannot be assigned to an existing genus with certainty. Based on the shape of the head, anal tube, genital styles, and aedeagus, it is tentatively placed in
Ozoliarus
.