The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
Author
Löcker, Birgit
Author
Fletcher, Murray J.
Author
Larivière, Marie-Claude
Author
Gurr, Geoff M.
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Zootaxa
2006
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Oliarus hirsutus
Löcker
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 8E–H
,
35K–P
)
Type material
Holotype
,
♂
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
Ingham
,
light trap
,
15.iii.1961
(
K.D. Harley
) (
ANIC
)
,
Paratypes
,
AUSTRALIA
,
Qld
:
2 ♂
, same data as holotype (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
, same data,
14.iii.1961
(
R
.
Straatman
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
, bank
6 mile
Ck
,
18 km
N Proserpine
, in grass, DVac,
8.xi.1975
(
I.D. Galloway
) (
QDPC
)
,
1 ♂
, Nolan
Ck
Crossing,
SW Wrotham Park
,
23.iv.1983
(
J.F. Donaldson
,
J.F. Grimshaw
) (
QDPC
)
,
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
Brisbane
,
5.xi.1941
(
H. Hacker
) (
BMNH
)
,
1 ♂
,
Mackay
,
26.viii.1954
(
R
.
Jones
) (
UQIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
5 km
E Elimbah
,
22.ii.1978
(J.F.
Donaldson
) (
QDPC
)
,
1 ♂
, Walker
Ck
,
N of Normanton
, at light,
30.vii.1982
(
J.F. Donaldson
,
J.W. Turner
) (
QDPC
)
,
1 ♂
,
1 km
E
Kimba
,
15.37S
143.30E
,
28.x.1993
(
P. Zborowski
,
D. Rentz
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Archer River
,
9.i.1988
(
M.S. & B.J. Moulds
) (
ASCU
)
,
2 ♂
,
Boyne Island
, via
Gladstone
,
23
º
55’S
151º20’E
, 1995 (
C.Q. University
) (
QM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Thornlands
, at light,
28.ii.1973
(
J.F. Donaldson
) (
QDPC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, NT
:
1 ♂
,
Goose Lagoon
,
11 km
SW by
S of Borroloola
,
16.10S
136.15E
,
31.x.1975
(
M.S. Upton
),
1 ♂
,
Nourlangie
,
11 km
S by
W of Nimbuwah Rock
,
12.17S
133.20E
,
1.xi.1972
(
Upton
,
Barrett
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Lake Woods
,
15 km
SW Eliot
, at light,
5.x.1977
(
G.F. Gross
,
J.A. Forrest
) (
SAM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Darwin
(
SAM
)
,
1 ♂
,
Jabiru Park Lake
, at night,
4.ix.1989
(
C.W. & L.B. O’Brien
) (
LBOB
)
,
1 ♂
,
Stuart Hwy
, Coomalie
Ck
,
50m
,
24.x.1962
(
CAS
)
,
1 ♂
,
15 km
E of
Mt Cahill
, 12.52
132.50E
,
9.iii.1973
(
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
AUSTRALIA
, WA
:
1 ♂
,
Old Doongan
,
2.viii.1975
(
I.F.B. Common
,
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
2 ♂
,
Drysdale River
,
15.02S
126.55E
,
3.–8.viii.1975
(
I.F.B. Common
,
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Carson
escarpment,
14.49S
126.49E
,
9.–15.viii.1975
(
I.F.B. Common
,
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
,
1 ♂
,
Morgan Falls
,
15.02S
126.40E
,
16.–17.viii.1975
(
I.F.B. Common
,
M.S. Upton
) (
ANIC
)
.
Etymology
The Latin term ‘hirsutus’ means ‘hairy, rough, shaggy’. Named after the shaggy surface of the flagellum.
Colour
Body mid, dark brown or black, carinae paler; legs light to mid brown; forewing hyaline colourless with brown marks along crossveins, some specimens with 3 brown transverse bands across the wing, veins light brown apically darker, tubercles dark brown (contrasting with veins), pterostigma mid to dark brown; abdominal sternites light to mid brown.
Morphology
Body length:
♂
4.7–5.3 mm
.
Head: Vertex (total length) 1.8–2.6 times longer than wide; basal emargination obtusely angled or rectangular. Postclypeus with welldeveloped median carina. Rostrum not reaching hind coxae.
Thorax: Hind margin of pronotum obtusely angled. Mesonotum with evanescent or welldeveloped carinae. Forewing 3.1–3.5 times longer than wide; costa without tubercles; 8 apical cells.
Male genitalia: Anal tube as in
Figs 35K–M
; pygophore and genital styles as in
Figs 35N–O
. Aedeagus (
Fig. 35P
): Phallotheca with a long, slightly curved spine (a) arising left lateral at apex; and a slightly curved spine (b) arising ventrally about midlength. Flagellum hirsute, unarmed.