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 clipealis
(Jacobi)
,
comb. nov.
(
Figs 14A–D
,
37I–O
)
Oliarus clipealis
Jacobi 1928: 33
(
Figs 20a, b
)
Type material
Lectotype
, here designated,
1 ♂
(examined),
AUSTRALIA
, WA:
Kimberley district
(Mjöberg) (
NHRS
)
;
Paralectotypes
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA:
2 ♂
, same data as lectotype (
MTD
)
.
Remarks
A
lectotype
is designated here to give a diagnostic reference for the species.
Other material examined
AUSTRALIA
: WA (
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
), NT (
1 ♂
)
.
Colour
Body dark brown to black, carinae, clypeus and pronotum paler, frons lateral with a white mark; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, veins light brown, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites mid brown.
FIGURE 14.
Ozoliarus clipealis
: A habitus; B, C, D head.
Ozoliarus nourlangiensis
: E habitus; F, G, H head.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
6.1–6.4 mm
,
♀
7.1–7.7 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.2–1.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.5–3.8 times longer than wide; costa with 8–16 tubercles; 9 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 37I–K
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 37L–M
. Aedeagus (
Figs 37N–O
): Phallotheca with an almost straight, slender, not hookshaped spine (a) directed ventrad arising ventrally below midlength; a short spine (b) arising ventrally below midlength; a medium sized spine (c) right lateral; a medium sized spine (d); and a very short spine (e) dorsal. Flagellum partly sclerotised, with two large, flattened spines.